Hello,
A couple of months ago one of our buff orpingtons had bumble foot. We followed the standard procedure, ( epsom salt soak to soften, removed infected tissue, sprayed with blu-kote, and bandaged with vetwrap). After a week however it didn't seem to be healing so we repeated this procedure and found that we had missed some of the infection. After removing that, and re-bandaging, we left it alone for a while. After two weeks we unbandaged, saw that it seemed to be healing, (the temperature of the pad was going down and she was acting fine). She seemed to be fine, however, several weeks ago I felt her foot and found that it was cold to the touch. I didn't know if this was normal or not so I compared it to the temperature of the other chicken's feet. Their feet were slightly warmer, but not much. The next day I also felt her feet and they were warm again so I assumed that it was a one off thing (maybe because it was colder that day and she had been outside a lot). However today, I noticed that she had a pale comb, wasn't moving much, and when I checked her feet, found that it was also very cold. Other than the bumble-foot a while ago, and possibly scaly-leg mites ( I'm not sure because pics on the internet only show very severe cases), I can't think of any foot problems that could be causing this. However, she is molting and is at the stage where the pin feathers are becoming regular fluffy feathers, so maybe that is causing this foot thing and the pale comb.
So, my questions are, is it normal for a chicken's foot to be cold to the touch? Did the "two time" bumble foot surgery cause problems? I will try to send pictures soon.
Any help is gratefully appreciated!!
A couple of months ago one of our buff orpingtons had bumble foot. We followed the standard procedure, ( epsom salt soak to soften, removed infected tissue, sprayed with blu-kote, and bandaged with vetwrap). After a week however it didn't seem to be healing so we repeated this procedure and found that we had missed some of the infection. After removing that, and re-bandaging, we left it alone for a while. After two weeks we unbandaged, saw that it seemed to be healing, (the temperature of the pad was going down and she was acting fine). She seemed to be fine, however, several weeks ago I felt her foot and found that it was cold to the touch. I didn't know if this was normal or not so I compared it to the temperature of the other chicken's feet. Their feet were slightly warmer, but not much. The next day I also felt her feet and they were warm again so I assumed that it was a one off thing (maybe because it was colder that day and she had been outside a lot). However today, I noticed that she had a pale comb, wasn't moving much, and when I checked her feet, found that it was also very cold. Other than the bumble-foot a while ago, and possibly scaly-leg mites ( I'm not sure because pics on the internet only show very severe cases), I can't think of any foot problems that could be causing this. However, she is molting and is at the stage where the pin feathers are becoming regular fluffy feathers, so maybe that is causing this foot thing and the pale comb.
So, my questions are, is it normal for a chicken's foot to be cold to the touch? Did the "two time" bumble foot surgery cause problems? I will try to send pictures soon.
Any help is gratefully appreciated!!
