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I agree, I lay mine on a towel and then cover the head with a light weight towel but have a helper standing by. They will try to pull the foot away from time to time. DH is my helper and he talks to the chicken & makes sure it is breathing OK - chickens can become overheated very easily so...

With my girls, I have found that sometimes it's more just a lot of goopy stuff and not a solid mass. Sometimes I had to repeat in a week or so, but eventually successful. I would do the soaking and bandaging and see how she heals.

I'm no expert but thanks to this forum have done the surgery a couple of times. One of my hens had the puss but another had more of the fibrous consistency you described. Fortunately for me, the surgery was still a success and she recovered nicely. If it's continuing to spread I would think...

Quote: I've had the same problem. The 1st hen had a small area on each foot and I did get sort of a plug/puss out of one foot, but not the other. I kept soaking and bandaging with neosporin for about 2 weeks and finally had pretty clean feet. The girl I am working on now has one on each...