bumblefoot or not

[dawg53]

I've used tricide neo. Don't expect bumblefoot to disappear within a day or two after using the product. For small cases of bumblefoot, it takes soaking 5-7 minutes twice a day for about a week for the bumblefoot to disappear. Larger bumblefoot can take longer, sometimes several weeks or months in severe cases. That's why I opt to perform minor surgery...it's easier, quicker, less expensive, less stress handling the affected chicken on a daily basis.
It's your choice whether you want to continue using trineo or perform the surgery.

 

[neophyte17]

I will try soaking again then see if i can di surgery. Its just me, my dogs and my two roosters. They are my children. Its gonna be difficult to do the surgery on my own .gotta find a friend with guts to help me

 

[neophyte17]

Thank all of you for your replies. I will keep you posted

 

[neophyte17]

Yeah. Found a friend that might help. She is nervous but she will do it if needed after i try the soaking. Here are my teo rooster. Always on my lap if i sit down. Bumble bee, the one with the bumblefoot, thanks you all for advice.

By the way, bumble bee name is from the movie transformers. I call him B for short

 

[Janet Pesaturo]

Neophyte17 - I'm not sure how useful it would be to try tricideneo again. The whole packet should last a month. Did you soak it daily for a month? Did you use distilled water (I think normal saline is also okay too, i forget now). If you did mix it and use it properly and soaked daily, then maybe it's not going work for yours. Though I'm surprised, because it looks pretty mild.

Dawg53 - I have never soaked more than once a day and it worked. Always. Took about 3 or 4 days for one case, and several weeks for the worst one. All of my cases looked worse (larger) than the OP's photo. As to the stress of soaking, for relatively tame back yard birds, I think this is not stressful. The OP's birds sound pretty tame to me. They sit on her lap, so I don't think it holding them for 5 minutes will freak them out. Having a foot cut into sounds a lot more stressful to me.

Anyway, good luck (Neophyte and Bumblebee).

 

[bertiesmum]

What is bumble foot?

 

[dawg53]

What is bumble foot?

Here's an excellent link with detailed photos and how to do surgery:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/236649/bumblefoot-surgery-with-pics-and-how-to

 

[dawg53]

Thank all of you for your replies. I will keep you posted

Too bad you don't live closer. I'd do the surgery for you, piece of cake.

 

[bertiesmum]

A couple of our hens have lumps on the bottom of their feet. One of them has quite a big lump it's not red or anything and the hen isn't limping or acting unwell. Do you think it should just be left alone?

 

[Janet Pesaturo]

Could you post photos? You're more likely to get appropriate advice that way. Did you compare the lumps to pictures of bumblefoot online?