Help!!! Chick with swollen feet, toe falling off, ITS NOT FROSTBITE!

Can you take some pictures of her feet so we can get an idea of what they look like?

 

Could you explain more about the hay, what was underneath it and why you were putting them on the hay? Do you think this injury is related to the hay? Where did you get the hay from? Could it have been treated with something? .. Just some questions since I'm not sure about the why of this.

How soon did the other one die after you noticed the swollen feet in both of these hens?

So you say that your hen's feet are no longer swollen but that the toes are dying and falling off?

Just by observation, and this may be obvious, but it looks like gangrene to me. The swelling might have been a reaction to infection? I don't really see any pus in your photos that you provided. Can you get some antibiotics for your chickens? It seems to me that if it is gangrene, you may need to have some amputation done. Does it smell very bad?

When you had them on this hay, did you notice anything with them, like, were they reluctant to put their feet down, or hold them up in the air hovering over the ground?

Sorry for all the questions.. just trying to make things more clear. My advice would be to get them to a vet as soon as possible and have them look at it. I think they would be able to treat this.

 

possible snake bite?

 

I forgot to look at your avatar- I apologize, my mistake. Some posters are in the southern hemisphere and are having summer to fall weather.

If you can't afford the vet, I'd say your best bet would be to go to a Tractor Supply or other farm/livestock store and get some antibiotics. I'm not sure which one- maybe someone here can chime in with that. Perhaps maybe you could soak the feet in something- benedine (Iodine solution) water? Epsom salts soak might help too. You get some epsom salts, and some warm water and just have the chick stand in it for about 20 minutes twice a day. Discard the water after one use and start afresh for the next soak.

I'd first like to figure out what has caused this... I've done a lot of reading on chick/chicken health, but I don't remember anything like this mentioned.. I will go and take a look at my books again. My thoughts are that if you have two that had it, I would almost guess that it is something in their environment that caused it, something that their feet touch. Where did you get your sawdust? Could the floor be getting too hot ?

Sorry, I sound like a moron asking all these questions, but I don't know the situation and can't see it first hand.