Do my ducks have bumblefoot?

[Gwokakotta]

I noticed that most of my ducks have some sort of calloused lumps on the bottom of their feet. I've been looking at pictures of bumblefoot, and it seems my ducks don't have a "scab" or "plug" like the bumblefoot cases I read about, so I'm really hoping it's not that after all. None of them have been limping or otherwise behaving abnormally. Is this bumblefoot, or could it be something else?








Thanks for your help!

 

[Amiga]

There is a certain amount of callousing on ducks' feet. The last picture you show may be just a little of a beginning of bumblefoot on one toe - just watch that one. The rest of them look like normal duck footsies to me.


I must be getting tired. "Footsies." humph.

 

[Gwokakotta]

Oh, that's a huge relief! I was wondering how I would possibly manage to treat six or seven ducks at the same time.

Yeah, that last picture is Meatball, the same duck we treated last year for what I thought to be bumblefoot. I'll definitely keep an eye on all those ducky footsies, though...

Thanks for your reply, Amiga!