Bumblefoot healing timeline?

[LegoVasavouchi]

Every resource I look up for bumblefoot only talks about post-surgery recovery, and nothing about when the foot hasn't gotten that bad yet. I have a hen who was thankfully very dramatic about her feet and marched unhappily, so when I checked her feet I saw they both had swollen angry red spots on her main pad - but no black spot or scab - I was relieved, since it meant that it hadn't gotten too far along! I looked up how to care for it and I've been bathing her feet every day, putting ointment on & bandaging them, even going so far as to have her to sleep indoors on soft bedding so as not to irritate her tender feet.

So far so good, but it's been about three weeks and we're not through it yet, so I'm just wondering if its common for bumblefoot to take quite a long while to heal? Or are there new steps I need to take? Her mood is good, she eats well and has healthy poops - today she even laid an egg! She still marches a bit, but otherwise seems fairly content, I just want to be sure if such a slow recovery is normal.

 

[dawg53]

Bumblefoot requires surgery to remove the infection. Cutting and removing the scab, then squeezing out the infection until it is completely removed, then flushing the hole with betadine and packing it with neosporin, gauze it, then wrapping it up is the only way it'll heal. The footpad completely heals in 5 days. I've done quite a few bumblefoot surgeries.

For non-surgical removal of bumblefoot, Tricide Neo can be used.
Every bumblefoot case I've dealt with has had the telltale scab on the footpad along with redness and swelling.
It's not common for both feet to have bumblefoot, but it happens. I'm wondering if you're dealing with gout.

 

[LegoVasavouchi]

Bumblefoot requires surgery to remove the infection. Cutting and removing the scab, then squeezing out the infection until it is completely removed, then flushing the hole with betadine and packing it with neosporin, gauze it, then wrapping it up is the only way it'll heal. The footpad completely heals in 5 days. I've done quite a few bumblefoot surgeries.

For non-surgical removal of bumblefoot, Tricide Neo can be used.
Every bumblefoot case I've dealt with has had the telltale scab on the footpad along with redness and swelling.
It's not common for both feet to have bumblefoot, but it happens. I'm wondering if you're dealing with gout.

I hadn't considered gout! It's not something I'm familiar with in chickens - guess I automatically assumed foot problems = bumblefoot. I took some pictures of her feet for reference - apologies for how bright it was outside. These are both her feet, one is much less red than the other, and the tops of the feet seem fine - there's really not any swelling anymore, just her pads are red and shiny and a bit puffy.