Sorry, WV Mountains, I just saw this. I am so glad your hen is feeling better. I actually never separated my hen, and, at this point, you have probably reunited your hen with the flock. I knew the bumble foot was cured when I plucked a hard protruding mass from the bottom of Grace's foot. It...
Make the hole just slightly larger than the black spot. Carefully wrap around the foot with vet wrap to secure in place. Be sure to change every other day. It will take many weeks, but the infection should push out. Good Luck!
In my opinion, bumble foot prevention is more about alleviating the direct pressure on the foot pad than worrying about splinters. My roosts were all smooth, but wrapping the carpeting around them acted like a cushion insert in a shoe. I had several hens with small, dark scabs on their feet...
How is your Mille Fleur doing? I am sorry for the much delayed response, I haven't logged on in some time. It looks like you wrapped it correctly - it is much harder with the feather footed variety!
I am attaching a picture of both the template the vet made out of vet wrap (left) and my modified version with pipe insulator, which is lighter and more conforming (right). When I was cutting a new splint every other day, I would trim it to be certain the fit was good and would cut a little...
I wanted to share a treatment that FINALLY cured my bantam sebright hen of a chronic case of bumblefoot. After 4 bumblefoot surgeries and a month of Baytril, I decided to take Grace to the vet. He instructed me to stop cutting into her and to bandage her with a donut-like splint on the bottom...