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  1. maryleo9

    Advanced stages of Bumblefoot

    Felt around her abdomen. It does feel pretty watery...like a water balloon. When I first noticed she wasn't her usual self she was walking like she had a full diaper and when I soaked poo off her fluff butt it felt like some small pieces of egg shell were in there. Didn't try looking at the...
  2. maryleo9

    Advanced stages of Bumblefoot

    Thank you. She's almost 3 years old but yes, I do feel something else is going on. As I think I stated earlier she developed a strange growth to the left of and below her preen gland late spring last year. For all I know it could have been a cancerous growth. It took until mid-winter with...
  3. maryleo9

    Advanced stages of Bumblefoot

    Her head only began tilting like that when I found her flat out soaking wet in the crate this morning.
  4. maryleo9

    Advanced stages of Bumblefoot

    Finally got the pictures. One of her feet is all red and inflamed looking now. Wasn't like that before. Since yesterday she's been keeping her toes curled. I did get her to drink about a teaspoon of water and eat a tiny bit of egg...and dropped 3 very fat live mealworms into her mouth...
  5. maryleo9

    Advanced stages of Bumblefoot

    I've got some penicillin on hand from our goat that recently passed post-bear attack. Can I use that on a chicken? Can I give it to her orally or does it have to be a shot? She's extremely hard to force feed anything via syringe. I'm always afraid of an animal aspirating (20 years ago had a...
  6. maryleo9

    Advanced stages of Bumblefoot

    We realized one of our hens, Peep, had contracted bumblefoot a couple weeks ago. I began treating with epsom salt soaks, foot massages, wrapping her feet with antibiotic ointment (which actually seemed to worsen her condition because she stopped walking once the bandages were on). I could not...
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