@mmwellsfarm , I went and looked at the date you made your first post. It has been 12 weeks now, and your first post stated the frostbite injury occurred the week before. My hen's right foot didn't separate until 13 weeks after her frostbite injuries ocurred. It took over twice as long for her right foot to separate as her left foot. But in hindsight, the right foot was a much more complicated injury than her left foot, which was visually entirely necrotic three weeks after frostbite ocurred. In contrast, her right foot seemed to retain some pink areas, including a pinkish swollen area immediately above a blackened necrotic toe. The necrotic toe separated weeks before the entire top of her right foot and all remaining toes finally did.
I had told you earlier in this thread that the conditions in which Nubz suffered severe frostbite were very similiar to my hen. And now Nubz's autoamputation process is proving to be very similiar too. The various pink tissues on Nubz's remaining toes and foot are evidence that her foot didn't completely lose blood flow at the time of her injury. Otherwise, her entire foot would have separated before now, same as my hen's left foot did. But still, the swelling above the blackened portion of Nubz's shank indicated weeks ago that she would eventually lose her entire foot and shank up to the swollen tissue. I know it may seem like her foot will never come off; I actually began to wonder if it were possible for my own hen's necrotic foot to somehow remain permanently attached. But her right foot finally did separate, and Nubz's foot will too. In fact, in the second photo you posted yesterday, i see obvious separation between live and dead tissue now taking place. So hang in there for just a little longer, as I know you most certainly will.
