Bumble Foot...........Does anyone have a picture of it???

[mtnhomechick]

I can't really tell. It's a hard lump on the top of her foot.

 

[threehorses]

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You could try soaking the leg in a warm solution of water and epsom salts. That should soften the lower lump. If there's an opening, it might reopen the opening allowing you to see what's going on,

Did this just occur?

 

[rufus]

The scab occurs on the bottom of the foot, but often an abcess developes on the top of the foot. I have a hen that we have treated repeatedly for this problem; it always seems to come back after we take her off of the antibiotics. Frankly, I do not think she is long for this world.

Rufus

 

[threehorses]

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The bird that you have that repeatedly has that, it can return if the staph wasn't specifically treated, and if the conditions that caused it in the first place aren't changed. Maybe we can help.

For example, roosting places? What does this bird roost on at night? What about the ground she walks on? Is it soft, moist, dry, rocky? What antibiotic did you use?

By the way, if the entire kernel of bumblefoot isn't removed the bird will have it again and again. Antibiotics stave it off, but the kernal will reintroduce it.

 

[ArizonaNessa]

Here is a thread from a few days ago with some comments from speckledhen.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=195545

 

[mtnhomechick]

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You could try soaking the leg in a warm solution of water and epsom salts. That should soften the lower lump. If there's an opening, it might reopen the opening allowing you to see what's going on,

Did this just occur?

I just noticed it a few hours ago. I soaked her in antibacterial soap water then dressed it and wrapped it. There is nothing on the pad of the foot.

 

[threehorses]

Since it's on top, it's not bumblefoot. It might be a bruise. She's walking on it, right? Everything else is normal? I suspect an injury and swelling, but I'll wait for these answers first.

thanks!

 

[mtnhomechick]

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It's definately a lump......but it's on top.......with another real small spot above it that bled when I soaked it. I pierced the lower lump and it just bled......no puss. The leg looked a bit crooked though. Now that she had a baby aspirin she seems better.

 

[mtnhomechick]

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she is limping on it.

 

[threehorses]

I'd just treat it like a possible wound/bruise. I would soak it in epsom salts. that has antibacterial activity, also draws out infection, opens stuff up. It's a very standard practice for drawing out infections and opening up abcesses on something even as tough as a horse hoof. it also helps soreness, so maybe she'll feel better.

I suspect it's a bruise. Is there anything around that could step on her foot that hard? If she were here, I'd immediately think a horse stepped on her foot.