Bumblefoot?

FlockFromPa

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May 18, 2020
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It seems like it's one thing after the other here..I've just posted about my rooster healing from flystrike. But I noticed yesterday I had a hen looking slightly uncomfortable while walking. Shes not totally limping but shes walking somewhat gingerly that I just barely noticed she was having a problem. Anyways I caught her at their PM feeding time (my birds free range) and saw that she has small scabs on both of her feet. What do I do for this? Before I looked anything up I cleaned it with betadine and applied blukote last night before bed but after reading a bit i realized that wasnt the suggested treatment for bumblefoot..should I take the small scab off? I really have no space to be separating anymore birds at the moment..my shed is packed full of turkey poults, chicks and a healing rooster. Sorry for the horrible pictures. I'll get some better ones later. I attempted to take these my myself with a fighting chicken
 

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So I took the scabs off both her feet tonight and there was nothing underneath..one foot had absolutely nothing. The other has a very tiny bit of blood. Not even a drop. But there is nothing underneath for me to remove..is this normal? Is this still bumble foot? I checked another hen tonight and she has the same exact thing on her feet..are my roost bars damaging their feet or what? My chickens roost up above their actual roosts..in the rafters of the coop. It's pretty high. Like 9 feet up. Then their coop is about 2 feet up off the ground as well
 

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