Help for first time poster with Hen with swollen legs and feet..

Jennifer Creed

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Any advice for what treatment to give my Bantam Hen..I think it is bumble foot but not 100% sure. I live in Australia so if you recommend any products can you also list what ingredients it contains as we may not have the same brands here. Thankyou..I have attached a photo. She is the only hen in the flock with this problem.
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Welcome to BYC. She has some scaly leg mites, but the swelling looks like it could be something more serious, such as mycoplasma synovitis, a bacterial joint infection. Are there any scabs on the bottoms of her feet?
 
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Hi..not that I can see..but I am posting another photo which might help more.
Chicken leg 2.jpg
 
Welcome to BYC. She has some scaly leg mites, but the swelling looks like it could be something more serious, such as mycoplasma synovitis, a bacterial joint infection. Are there any scabs on the bottoms of her feet?
Not that I can see but I posted another picture on the thread if it helps you more. Thank you for answering. My vet is not very good with chickens as most people in my area just eat them! Kind regards Jennifer.
 
Bumblefoot usually causes a scab and swelling on the pad of the foot. I am not a vet, and just am a chicken owner just like you. There are several conditions that you can Google, such as MS in chickens, gout which causes swelling of both ankles, and osteopetrosis, which causes hard swelling of the legs, but the feet do not swell.
Yours looks more like a bacterial joint infection, such as MS. Other bacteria that can cause this are E.coli, staphylococcus, and others. MS symptoms can be treated with antibiotics such as Tylan 50 injectable, given orally or as a shot into breast muscle. Dosage is 0.2 ml per pound twice a day for 5 days. If you have a local vet, they may be able to give you a better antibiotic that would be more broad spectrum, and treat more bacteria than mycoplasma. The vet also could help in diagnosis. Sorry you are dealing with this.
 

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