Chicken foot bump / growth?

[bcjlemaire]

Hello, one of my hens has this huge growth on the bottom of her left foot, which is causing her to limp pretty badly.
Other than her limping she seems to be doing fine, eating and drinking good.
Is there a medication out there to put on this? What exactly is this? Should we worry about it? Take her to a vet or something?

Thank you
Carol

 

[Chickensandhorsesforlife]

It looks like a tumor. I am not sure.

 

[coach723]

What kind of surface is this bird on? Looks like it may be footpad dermatitis, or pododermatitis. I would do epsom salt soaks, clean it up well, get all the dirt off, apply an ointment, like plain neosporin, and wrap the foot to keep it clean and dry. Under that dirt/gunk caked on, make sure there is no bumblefoot lesion. That area is circled in blue below. The other foot has a spot that looks like it may be an issue also, maybe early bumblefoot I've circled it below in red. I would do the same for that foot. Soak it, clean that out well, ointment and wrap. I would do it daily until they start looking better, keep them wrapped til it's healed well. And try to address the issues that are contributing to it. More info on footpad dermatitis:
https://www.thepoultrysite.com/articles/what-causes-foot-dermatitis-in-poultry

 

[bcjlemaire]

thank you so much for that information!

What kind of surface is this bird on? Looks like it may be footpad dermatitis, or pododermatitis. I would do epsom salt soaks, clean it up well, get all the dirt off, apply an ointment, like plain neosporin, and wrap the foot to keep it clean and dry. Under that dirt/gunk caked on, make sure there is no bumblefoot lesion. That area is circled in blue below. The other foot has a spot that looks like it may be an issue also, maybe early bumblefoot I've circled it below in red. I would do the same for that foot. Soak it, clean that out well, ointment and wrap. I would do it daily until they start looking better, keep them wrapped til it's healed well. And try to address the issues that are contributing to it. More info on footpad dermatitis:
https://www.thepoultrysite.com/articles/what-causes-foot-dermatitis-in-poultry
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These birds are on mostly dirt, rocks, wood chips.. I will do what you suggested.
thanks again.

 

[frostic]

This looks like bumblefoot. the dark area i pointed out in this pic if the core of the infection.
i suggest looking into bumble foot.