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In an earlier post in this thread I talked about how I thought that all the hype about bumble foot is wrong. I love to see this thread continuing with more common-sense ways of dealing with it. Prevention should be number 1. (For example, I used to use one of those ramps to enter/exit the...

@aprilbos Could you post a photo of the corn pads on their feet? Did you have to use more than one and stack them, or did just a single one have enough depth?

I have never had a problem with roosts causing bumblefoot. BUT...I have had a problem with those ramps that have the cross pieces of wood to walk in and out of the chicken house. When I first got chickens I had one of those ramps. It seems that they were always sliding on them going down...

I saw your post because @lalaland gave us a link on the Natural Chicken Keeping Thread. Good post. I, also, have quit cutting unless I see an obvious infection. I don't do anything if there is just a black spot only. I think that we were all taught to over-react when seeing a spot and often...