Bumblefoot

[czrimsek11]

Hello!
New chicken keeper here, I have 6 chickens, recently found one was limping and appears to have a case of bumblefoot. I began treating it 2 days ago and it appears to have improved as she is no longer limping as severel. In being proactive I decided to check my other chickens And found that at least 3 are in early stages of it as well. Based on my reading I was lead to believe that this is not all that common; however, if this is the case, what am I doing wrong that my girls are getting this? I use pine shavings and the have a 10 x 10 fort run that is primarily dirt - it was grass before the girls moved in. I saw one recommendation to use deep litter sand in the coop, should I try this an/or place a layer in my run? Any help would be appreciated!

 

[sloanbychoice]

I’ve only had one case of bumble so far. She had stepped on something, and it apparently got infected. I thought she was fine since she had stopped limping that same day, so I thought nothing of it until two weeks later when she was limping again and I found the bumble.

Common causes are perches not being smooth enough, wire or metal laying around, edges of hardware cloth where they can step on it, etc.

 

[czrimsek11]

I’d heard it wasn’t super common but I’m up to 4 of my 6 girls having it. I’m afraid it’s something I did or they’re not getting in their diet and I feel horrible! I thoroughly cleaned it today and put sand down to replace wood shavings and the mud that they’ve created in their run. There isn’t any hardware they can step on, I am working on making the perches better but it seems odd that 4/6 have it. All in what appears to be varying degrees or levels of self healing. I just don’t know what else to do.

I’ve only had one case of bumble so far. She had stepped on something, and it apparently got infected. I thought she was fine since she had stopped limping that same day, so I thought nothing of it until two weeks later when she was limping again and I found the bumble.

Common causes are perches not being smooth enough, wire or metal laying around, edges of hardware cloth where they can step on it, etc.