TheSupremes
Chirping
- Oct 21, 2021
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One of our chickens has had an injured foot for a few days. We noticed two weekends ago that she had a bloody foot. Upon closer inspection we saw it was a small (half a centimeter-ish) divot on the top of her foot. We cleaned it up a bit, separated her from the flock and put her in a cage. The next day, it seemed like the bleeding eventually stopped and a scab started to form on it. We let her out of the cage and let her roam around with one other chicken. Then about five days later I heard her yelling really loud and went out to find that the wound had reopened, was bleeding, and had actually formed a jelly-like clot on top. We cleaned the wound, soaked her foot in an Epsom salt bath, and then bandaged it up with some Polysporin. We also got some Vetericyn and started using that. We've been changing the bandage, Epsom bathing, and applying Vetericyn for a few days now. The wound formed a black clot on top and then the last day or so it seemed to start swelling a bit... (It's also been raining and things have been wet outside -- don't know if that matters...) Then today we found that the clot had come off (I think she picked it off because the bandage got lose) and now there is like a red bubble there... Any suggestions for whether this is moving in the positive direction or if it's getting worse? Is this Bumblefoot??
And now it also looks like maybe one of our other chickens is developing an issue... ???
And now it also looks like maybe one of our other chickens is developing an issue... ???