Cochin feet problems

[Aisha3789]

I recently purchased a white heavy cochin pair and they both have feet problems. They were caged in a very dirty place where I bought them from. The mape has been limping for days. My husband is a doctor so we decided to address it ourselves. We found a black circle shaped scab on the pad of his food. We removed this black crust until we found clean fresh tissue and it was a big hole like a wart. It also had quite a bit if smelly pus drainage. We cleaned and dressed the hole and packed with antibiotic strip and put a dressing on his foot.
Next we checked the females feet because she also walks not really with a limp but it's like her knee or ankle pops out everytime she steps. We found the same black crust on both of her feet but much bigger like more than double the size of his. My husband scraped one down until we seen clean tissue but it wasn't very deep. I am attaching a picture of her feet.
What is this problem? Is it because they were we're caged in such bad conditions? I'm hoping they will get better....will check the roosters surgery sure and re dress it daily.

 

[snow5164]

Here’s what I found out about their feet ,

Good luck it sounds treatable

 

[chicken1234]

I think that is called bumblefoot, its a staph infection from poor conditions like they were in.

 

[Eggcessive]

You did very well on the surgery. Bumblefoot is a common problem with chickens who can get a staph infection from a small cut in the foot pad. Your picture is a classic case. There is usually a solid core pus inside and under the scab that can be squeezed out. of Here is a very good link all about bumblefoot:
https://the-chicken-chick.com/bumblefoot-causes-treatment-warning/

 

[Aisha3789]

You did very well on the surgery. Bumblefoot is a common problem with chickens who can get a staph infection from a small cut in the foot pad. Your picture is a classic case. There is usually a solid core pus inside and under the scab that can be squeezed out. of Here is a very good link all about bumblefoot:
https://the-chicken-chick.com/bumblefoot-causes-treatment-warning/

Well my husband is a doctor and I am a trauma nurse so it was like a proper human surgery lol. I have always been a prepper so I had all the supplies on hand. We considered giving him a lidocaine injection block but I couldn't find online the locationof chicken feet nerves lol Then we read online that they don't have that much feeling on their feet so we used topical lidocaine. He was perfectly fine the whole time and only kicked once or twice...poor guy was probably happy to get help.

 

[Eggcessive]

Hubby and I are also medical people, and have done a few bumblefoot surgeries together, LOL. Lidocaine, benzocaine, and other caines may be toxic in chickens, so best to aboid those. Vets use them in surgery sometimes, but not a good thing. Their pain tolerance is pretty good, and surgical anesthesia is very dangerous in chickens, so I would do without it.
Good luck and a speedy recovery.

 

[Aisha3789]

Update: the male Cochin we did the surgery on is no longer limping. His foot is still bandaged and I will leave it for 48 hours before opening it but he is walking totally normal and much more active today. We are going to do a flock foot check and some epsom salt soak for any with small spots of this bumble foot. At least our guy is on the road to recovery.