Help bumblefoot!

[WildCHILD400]

Hi I have a young isa brown hen who has bumble foot and it got worse because I was sick for 2 days. What can I do to help she is still laying frequently but is starting to lift her feet up. She's in the garage in a small crate (I'm not aloud to keep her inside) and I soak her in Epsom salts with warm water them put some terimicyon on her feet then either wrap it or let it dry for about 30 min and put her feet in some chicken boots I got her. What can I do please help! There are all these little cyst I have to pop with a pin every day.

 

[PlymouthRockBBredSebright]

Okay, so drain the foot. Find the BIGGEST lump in her foot and if it is filled with fluid, drain it. Then soak it in Epsom salt just like you are, warm water. Apply some triple antibiotic to it, and make sure it stays dry and make sure she eats, drinks, and poops normal.

 

[WildCHILD400]

Ok thx I kinda did this morning but not too much came out but some did so I will keep it up. She does eat, drink, and poop noramly. Another question, will bumblefoot stay with her for life?

 

[PlymouthRockBBredSebright]

If treated correctly, Bumblefoot is an infection of the foot pads, and can be treated. It is not a lifetime condition

 

[WildCHILD400]

So her bumblefoot has come back after about 3 months of being back in the coop. I got the plug out of the bottom of her foot and soaked her feet in warm water with Epsom salt and put Neosporin and aquaphor on them. After those ointments dry I usually spray on some spray bandage. She was doing so well it slipped my mind to continue checking her feet a couple times a week. What can I do to stop it. I fully clean the coop weekly ( New bedding, old food out, droppings in coop, wash and fill waterer, hose off perches and fill their feeder) I have little boots I put on her when her feet get bad but it's high 80s here and I don't want her to get to hot. Please help!

 

[Lydia parker]

Manuka honey is really good for drawing out infection in almost everything. I use it a lot at work with our animals and it always does the job. Clean the foot as you are doing and try applying that everyday after you clean her feet and see what the results are.
Has she got places to perch in her enclosure? Chickens can often get bumblefoot by not having anywhere to perch?

 

[WildCHILD400]

Thank you for the info she does have 3 perches, 2 in the coop and one it the run.