HELP BUMBLEFOOT I THINK?!?!!!!!

[mrs buff laced]

I was just giving our chickens a bath and saw this!!!!!!!! I think it is a case of bumblefoot but maybe it's not, maybe it's just a scab!!!! I don't know,and if it is a case of bumblefoot than is there ANY way of treating it WITHOUT have to cut open their feet!?????!! Please help!!!! I am putting faith into the hands of my fellow BYC friends!!!

 

[Eggcessive]

Yes that is bumble foot. Many people will try to soak feet in epsom salts or Tricide Neo which you can do first. But really, I don't have time or patients for that treatment, so I usually do the surgery. They sell very good disposable scalpels at Tractor Supply in the goat/cattle section. Get some vet wrap, and cut strips. Have some gauze, antibiotic ointment, some betadine or hibiclens, paper towel, tweezers, and a towel for your assistant to wrap the chicken up in. Pus in the infected foot pad will usually come out as a waxy core after much squeezing. Here is a good link with a video about bumble foot:
http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2011/07/bumblefoot-causes-treatment-warning.html
http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/how-to-treat-chicken-foot-sores.html

 

[mrs buff laced]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! I was really beginning to over react, our chickens have never had anything this serious before!

 

[iwiw60]

Best of luck and keep us updated!

 

[mrs buff laced]

Gotcha!

 

[Davidhalpern2]

Good luck. Some cases respond well to the surgery alone. I'm dealing with one that required 5 surgeries over a 4 week period

and a week of penicillin shots!!! I hope
I've got it!!! Nasty stuff

 

[mrs buff laced]

Well we are on our way to go get the supplies to do the surgery and I have done some research I think we are ready wish us luck...

 

[iwiw60]

When time permits give us an update....wishing you well!

Here's a YouTube video on how they did the 'surgery' on it...might help!

And here's a short follow-up video by her on hos to inject antibiotics correctly:

 

[iwiw60]

That first video didn't load up right....trying again:

 

[mrs buff laced]

Well I did it!!!! Well she's doing good, I have her separated from the rest of the group along with the one other chicken that had a much smaller infection I will check her bandages tomorrow...