Thanks, Cyn - that sounds EXACTLY like what my gal had - it was a hard, dark, callousy thing on the bottom, but what I first noticed was the "growth" on top of the foot, in the webbing.
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Cyn - WOW! That's amazing - di dyour June ever take a lame step? My gal never did - I for sure would have noticed if she did. There were no "raw" edges to the hole whatsoever. It was just like regular foot skin on the inside of the hole, so all I did was rinse it out to make sure...
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That's interesting! I honestly have too many birds to check feet like that often enough, but it's super interesting to me, nonetheless! I would have thought it would bother them, but my gal has never taken a lame step.
Snack, I WISH I had taken pics. I usually do, but this just was so freaky I just wanted it GONE after removing. I'll get some pics of the hole left after I removed the growth and the bottom of her other foot, where she has a black/very firm thing, too, just like in the first foot that had the...
Hey, Terri - thanks for replying. My very first thought was bumblefoot, but this gal NEVER was sore on the foot, which is what confused me. I checked everyone else in the pen, and no one else has the issue. Now I'm beginning to wonder if it's just her, some weird genetic thing since she has a...
This for sure isn't an emergency, and I am kicking myself now for not taking pics.
I have a hen that's about 1 1/2 years old. I was going through that pen & deciding who I would use for breeding, and looking at each hen very closely. I looked at this hen's foot, and HOLY COW - saw a growth in...