First experience with bumblefoot

[Serenityintheverse]

Oh boy. Not looking forward to this. I work really long hours and it's dark when I leave in the mornings and dark when I get home. I'll just have to work on it every night. I'll probably keep them all inside the coop/run so she's not out scratching around in the wet leaves and grass.

Hopefully the wrap will stay on during the day when I'm not home. Worried it will attract pecking from the others.

If you wrap it well it will stay on and protect the foot

 

[hedwall]

I've also had good luck with Banixx for Chixx! Am going to order some Prid.

I live in a dry climate (not hot, but not TOO cold) and for whatever reason we tend to have more problems in the summer. Makes doctoring easier as the days are longer! Last summer my entire flock had it so we'll see what happens this year. Ugh.

 

[charlie1051]

I've also had good luck with Banixx for Chixx! Am going to order some Prid.

I live in a dry climate (not hot, but not TOO cold) and for whatever reason we tend to have more problems in the summer. Makes doctoring easier as the days are longer! Last summer my entire flock had it so we'll see what happens this year. Ugh.

HI Hedwal, I'm curious what state you live in / how many of your chickens got the bumble / and were they all the same breed? Cause I live in about the same climate as you mentioned and I had bumblefoot last year for the 1st time in years- never had it before. And only my "problematic from the 1st day I got them "-55 Flowery hens got bumble. I've read about not putting perches / roosting bars too high, sanding down rough edges, etc. etc. But I think it's something else and you mentioning the climate caught my eye. Thanks in advance

 

[hedwall]

HI Hedwal, I'm curious what state you live in / how many of your chickens got the bumble / and were they all the same breed? Cause I live in about the same climate as you mentioned and I had bumblefoot last year for the 1st time in years- never had it before. And only my "problematic from the 1st day I got them "-55 Flowery hens got bumble. I've read about not putting perches / roosting bars too high, sanding down rough edges, etc. etc. But I think it's something else and you mentioning the climate caught my eye. Thanks in advance

Gosh, I don't know how to answer this one. Here's the thing, if it were the edges of the perches or something, wouldn't they have it year-round?? Some of my perches are head-high (I'm 5'6", although to get down they go from this one to that one to the next and then to the ground. I do have thin carpet on the floor covered with a layer of pine bedding/dried cut grass.

Anyway, I'm in Bishop, CA (7b if you're a gardener!) which is basically dry desert. We get snow a couple times per winter, usually. Again, it seems to be the heat because I thought last summer SEEMED hotter (I could be remembering wrong, but...) and my whole flock had it - this year we've had most weeks under 100 and only half my birds are badly affected. Two have beautiful feet with no sign of it at all!

Breed-wise, both my Brahmas have it, and my noir maran to a lesser extent. This makes sense because of the feathers?! The other gal who is in worse shape is (I think!) an Australorp, and she's significantly bigger and heavier than the rest (a buff orpington, spotted Sussex, pheasant rock is that even a thing?!, and a golden wyandotte). When I had broad breasted turkeys, I had to wrap their feet at all times with an antiseptic pad in there, to keep the stuff at bay - I'm guessing that's again because of the weight. I wrapped my Australorp's feet this year hers got so bad. But my heritage turkey, who is bigger than the Australorp chicken, is fine!

Conclusion?

 

[pamiejune]

I find this thread very interesting. My flock got bumblefoot for the first time last year but not all of them and they were all one breed, Golden Laced Wyandotte (I have similar size birds, Dominiques, who did not get it. One thing I did notice was that the Dominiques used the feed bins as an intermediate step before landing on the ground from their 5' high roosts. The Wyandotte did not). Out of a dozen birds, only the roo and three hens got it, the roo was the worst. I performed the surgery to remove the "kernels" and they all healed up nicely. It's not a fun thing to do but they were very good about it. Antiseptic, neosporin, gauze, vet tape, and a week in a separate, very clean pen before returning to the flock did the trick.