Thank you. I do not find any other conversations about this approach online at all. You’ve never had a problem with this method or it’s never made them worse? Mine has it in both feet. I only noticed because I saw the area between the top of her toes was slightly red and swollen. A obvious brown hard scab below in the cushion heel. She’s not limping at all. The other foot isn’t swollen and looks similar but not as bad.@KitKat187 I would recommend checking/replacing the pads each evening depending on how active your hen is and if the weather is very wet. The cover plaster helps a lot but sometimes the pads can slide around and end up in the wrong spot. Changing the dressing each evening is good because you can do an epsom salt soak at the same time and make sure the area stays clean.
The skin will lighten and soften as the salicylic acid takes effect, much the same as when we treat ourselves. Sometimes it can take several days/a week to soften enough for the bumble to lift out.