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chickenhound

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Just wanted to say hello to all members. I have been on this site many times but actually joined today.
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I think I lurked on this site for about 8 mos . before I got up the nerve to join. Maybe I was expecting to be pecked or something. But it was all good, and I'm approaching my fifth year with BYC.
 

Welcome to BYC! Please make yourself at home and we are here to help.

Glad you finally joined. I too lurked for about a year. Then after I joined I beat myself asking why I hadn't done it sooner!
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I have a chicken with bumblefoot. I soaked the foot in warm saltwater and cleaned it the best I could and applied a triple anti-biotic and bandaged the foot. The chicken is walking much better than it was but I think that I may have to remove the scab and infection. I have seen this procedure done several times on youtube . Has anyone done this before? ant tips would be helpful.
 
chickenhound said:
I have a chicken with bumblefoot. I soaked the foot in warm saltwater and cleaned it the best I could and applied a triple anti-biotic and bandaged the foot. The chicken is walking much better than it was but I think that I may have to remove the scab and infection. I have seen this procedure done several times on youtube . Has anyone done this before? ant tips would be helpful.
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Aww! Sorry to hear that. You might try posting here https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/10/emergencies-diseases-injuries-and-cures.

Here's some links too.

Best wishes!

http://www.fresh-eggs-daily.com/2012/03/bumblefoot.html
http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2011/07/bumblefoot-causes-treatment-warning.html
 
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Hello there and welcome to BYC!

Get yourself some tiny instruments. You can many times get small scalpels in the horse section of the feed store. Dental pics, tweezers are great too. Sterilize everything in boiling water for 5 mins and then a bath of alcohol.

You will also need some gauze, alcohol wipes, vet wrap, (you can get this at feed stores) antibiotic ointment without any pain killer in it and some scissors.

The vet wrap will need to be sliced into a 1 inch slice. You can use a box cutter and slice the roll into 1 inch slices.

First, soak the foot in some epsom salt water not only to clean it off but to coax some of the gunk to the surface in the pad. Towel up the bird in a big towel and lay them on your lap, on their back, beak at your belly. Wipe the area with an alcohol wipe. Gently pick the scab off. They normally don't bleed unless you are pulling off live skin and most of this is all dead. So you won't have squirting blood or anything. You probably won't see any blood at all.

Then you want to get this pus ball out. So you are going to use your tools to dig it out of there. Squeeze, dig, squeeze and dig. Sometimes this can take up to an hour to get it all out. When you have done all you can do, pack the hole with the ointment really well. Cut a tiny piece of gauze and put it over the hole. Take your vet wrap and start on the leg and lightly wrap down and around the foot pad, toes, webbing and back up the leg. Make sure to cover the pad at least 2 times and well. Don't wrap really tightly as vet wrap can be squeezed on well. When you are done, you will want to check her foot for warmth about 5 mins later. If the foot is cold, you have wrapped too tightly so you will need to re wrap it.

Keep her on dry bedding or ground. She can be outside as long as the foot stays dry.

You will need to un wrap her foot every day for the first week. If the scab is reddish in color, then it is healing. If it is pus yellow, you will need to go back in. Every day wipe with an alcohol wipe, apply ointment and gauze and rewrap. After one week, you can leave it for every 3 days before you re check it. You will have to keep her in bandages for about 1 month or until the scab heals and falls off.

Good luck with the surgery! You can also post your question in our emergency section. Mountain Peeps has left you with that link.
 
Wow! thanks for the detailed information and for taking the time to post it. Very articulate, nice job. I will probably do the procedure tomorrow. Thanks again.
 
Hello :frow and Welcome To BYC! Good luck with your birds, TwoCrows gave you some great info.
 

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