Bumblefoot? I think so, but...

[Downton Eggy]

...looking for informed opinion.
Hen is not limping; pad is not hot or sore to touch. But there's this ...

I think I see a cut and a "kernel" on the bottom of that foot, but not sure. Spot does NOT wash off.

Your thoughts and recommendations welcome! Thanks so much from this sweet hen and from me!

 

[pennyJo1960]

...looking for informed opinion.
Hen is not limping; pad is not hot or sore to touch. But there's this ...
I think I see a cut and a "kernel" on the bottom of that foot, but not sure. Spot does NOT wash off.
Your thoughts and recommendations welcome! Thanks so much from this sweet hen and from me!

could also be a seed in it a kernel off a bush pierced do you have biopsy punches?
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007TVKSPU/_encoding=UTF8?coliid=I2FSQYG01MI7HV&colid=LBZC5WMQSCMZ

or a scaple? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EP0T1HY/_encoding=UTF8?coliid=I2END07NB1JX6U&colid=LBZC5WMQSCMZ
anything you might be able to probe a bit try first soaking in warm water

 

[chickendreams24]

Looks like bumble foot to me.

The being in between the toes when it looks so minimal on the foot pad is worrying me a bit though.

@casportpony

 

[casportpony]

Does look like a bumble. Can you take her to a vet?

 

[chickendreams24]

It's so odd to me that none of our bumblefoot cases here has ever erupted through the toes like that.

Looking again yes typical bumble foot. And with the infection between the toes is likely going to require a more invasive treatment.

 

[theoldchick]

This could be a typical enlarged pad due to jumping from a height and repeatedly hitting the hard ground. Honestly, since she is not limping, not painful to touch, and otherwise okay, I'd use the 'watch and see'. Meanwhile, evaluate your coop, clean the roosts, and use the ladder formation for your roosts to allow her to gracefully make her way to the ground. Now, if she was limping, painful, hot and swollen, I'd recommend a daily soak of iodine solution for about seven days. If the foot had an open lesion, I'd wrap the foot with a medicated pad (a drawing salve works great), change it daily for about 7-10 days. I'd leave the cutting to a professional because once you start cutting you need to but the bird on the appropriate antibiotic to keep infection at bay.

 

[Downton Eggy]

No chicken vet anywhere near, but I have soaked her feet and have begun a non-invasive treatment, wrapped it, and she stamped off, quite happy. Today took off wrap, re-soaked in Epsom Salts, treated both top and bottom areas of foot a second time with gentamicin (syringe w/out needle directly into dark spot). Today ...Bottom of foot looks great. The dark spot from yesterday is now a pale tan. Pad of foot looks like normal.

Knot on top of toes is still there. No worse, maybe a bit smaller.

 

[theoldchick]

Since she is happily stamping about I would not cut it open. Remember once you do, she will need to be kept in a hospital cage to keep the area clean. There have been a few horror stories here from owner who cut open bumble foot and ended up with a severe infection that caused more problems than the original wound. You can add epsom salt to the foot bath. I used this product on a bumble foot on a rescue chicken and it was awesome. It's a gel and is easy to use when wrapping.

 

[Downton Eggy]

Yes! So glad to see you post this. Epsom Salts is what we've been using for the soak. We call it her Spa treatment, that long soak, and she seems to love it! But I've never seen the poultice. Good to know.

Though she is not limping or favoring that foot at all, I do notice it is much warmer than the other foot.

We do have hospital crates but hope not to have to cut. I'd make the two-hour drive to the closest chicken vet, first, and may yet, if I don't see marked improvement on the top of that foot. (The pad looks almost normal.)

 

[Eggcessive]

That is bumble foot, and is very common in most flocks. I usually will treat it if there is limping, or the swelling between the foot on top. Bumblefoot surgery is the best treatment if soaking does not help.