Hello!
Looking for any advice on my Bumblefoot situation…
I am fairly new to owning chickens, this is my 3rd summer with them. I have 6 hens, 4 of which have Bumblefoot in both feet. 2 of them have minor cases in one foot. I have re-vamped their coop and run - I removed a metal wash style bin I had been using as a dust bath (my mistake, I feel terrible about it and will be switching to a couple of tires). And have also lowered their roosting bars.
I realized they had Bumblefoot on July 23 and started soaking and removing the dark plug. I removed bits of infection, but it was ribbony in all of them (except the two with minor cases, I have only been soaking theirs). I took one to the vet on July 26th and she gave me iodine and some hemostats so I could remove as much of the infection that I could. I have been doing a 20 min epsom salt soak each day and then putting a sugardine poultice on them. They just don’t seem to be getting better. So many posts say there is a kernel, but I can’t feel anything hard in the bottom of their foot, they are all fairly squishy. I have attached pictures with dates. Any help/advice is appreciated I feel like I’m not getting anywhere and am not confident that these are healing properly…
Looking for any advice on my Bumblefoot situation…
I am fairly new to owning chickens, this is my 3rd summer with them. I have 6 hens, 4 of which have Bumblefoot in both feet. 2 of them have minor cases in one foot. I have re-vamped their coop and run - I removed a metal wash style bin I had been using as a dust bath (my mistake, I feel terrible about it and will be switching to a couple of tires). And have also lowered their roosting bars.
I realized they had Bumblefoot on July 23 and started soaking and removing the dark plug. I removed bits of infection, but it was ribbony in all of them (except the two with minor cases, I have only been soaking theirs). I took one to the vet on July 26th and she gave me iodine and some hemostats so I could remove as much of the infection that I could. I have been doing a 20 min epsom salt soak each day and then putting a sugardine poultice on them. They just don’t seem to be getting better. So many posts say there is a kernel, but I can’t feel anything hard in the bottom of their foot, they are all fairly squishy. I have attached pictures with dates. Any help/advice is appreciated I feel like I’m not getting anywhere and am not confident that these are healing properly…