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The bump remains but not black and not a sign of infection. We've decided to "wait and watch". She hobbles a bit, but she is the queen of this little flock and doesn't let it slow her down. She lays 1 egg per day and is noisy and Bossy.

Quote: Thank you chickensioux. Taking your advice and leaving well enough alone. Amazingly, bandaged foot stayed bandaged last evening. We will re-dress the wound with more antibiotic ointment tonight and see what progress has been made. Will the epsom salt water cause pain to the wound...

Please give your opinions/expertise on our situation: Tonight we soaked this hen's foot in epsom salts water for 20 minutes (no easy feat to accomplish in itself). After 20 minutes of soaking, we attempted to remove the scab- but it would not seperate at all. This seems like a hard...

Thank you for your help. I was hoping you wouldn't say "bumblefoot". All of the internet photos of bumblefoot have a black spot, and this doesn't have black on it. However, it does appear the same shape and symptoms.

This is one of my flying mallard hens, Bossy: She's limping but keeping up with the pack of her buddies. She seems more and more uncomfortable. So DS#2 brought her into the house just now, and we photographed the bottom of her pretty little webbed foot. There is a bump that is somewhat...