Help please, is this bumble foot?

[ForTheLoveOfSilkies]

Wow that looks 50x better! The swelling went down so much. You're doing a fantastic job!

Thanks! hopefully I got it all this time.

 

[ForTheLoveOfSilkies]

Update, blood poured out when I took bandage off. I applied pressure till bleeding stopped. I cleaned her up and rebandaged...

 

[Shezadandy]

Update, blood poured out when I took bandage off. I applied pressure till bleeding stopped. I cleaned her up and rebandaged...

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That is a lot of blood, especially for a couple days past being opened up. Given that it poured out when the bandage was off, I'm thinking there may be a leak from the blood supply to the foot, especially if there weren't any chunks of infected material coming out - that looks like bright red straight from the source stuff. Given that you were able to get it to stop using pressure, I would pack it with the antibiotic ointment and leave the bandage on for a couple of days undisturbed, as long as she's inside where she can't get it dirty, and you're not finding any soiled areas when you change the bandage (like where the bedding worked it's way in or something like that), I would wrap it up and leave it on for a couple of days to give her time to repair whatever is causing the bleeding. The only time I've experienced blood pouring out is when I sliced the end of my finger nice and deep and when a horse sliced his leg on metal roofing (long story).

 

[ForTheLoveOfSilkies]

That is a lot of blood, especially for a couple days past being opened up. Given that it poured out when the bandage was off, I'm thinking there may be a leak from the blood supply to the foot, especially if there weren't any chunks of infected material coming out - that looks like bright red straight from the source stuff. Given that you were able to get it to stop using pressure, I would pack it with the antibiotic ointment and leave the bandage on for a couple of days undisturbed, as long as she's inside where she can't get it dirty, and you're not finding any soiled areas when you change the bandage (like where the bedding worked it's way in or something like that), I would wrap it up and leave it on for a couple of days to give her time to repair whatever is causing the bleeding. The only time I've experienced blood pouring out is when I sliced the end of my finger nice and deep and when a horse sliced his leg on metal roofing (long story).

thanks for your reply. I have packed with antibiotic ointment and will leave her bandage on for a few days - no infected material coming out and no blood until I too the bandage off. She doesn't get dirty under the bandage and she is in a separate crate in the coop only on a pile of soft straw bedding which I change a few times a day. I have been taking her out for some grass/ scratch time in her own area too so she's not stuck in the crate all day and night. ... She is still laying me eggs, another one today! So she must been feeling ok despite the bleeding? ..But since she's on antibiotics I have to throw them out.

 

[ForTheLoveOfSilkies]

Update, rebandaged today, no more bleeding thankfully. Slightly swollen still though ..

 

[RosemaryDuck]

Update, blood poured out when I took bandage off. I applied pressure till bleeding stopped. I cleaned her up and rebandaged...

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Update, rebandaged today, no more bleeding thankfully. Slightly swollen still though ..
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It looks like it's got a bit of infected material in there again. But you're doing great! Don't get discouraged. Bumble can be a very complex infection and you've done everything right so far. Just keep it up and it'll clear up.

 

[ForTheLoveOfSilkies]

It looks like it's got a bit of infected material in there again. But you're doing great! Don't get discouraged. Bumble can be a very complex infection and you've done everything right so far. Just keep it up and it'll clear up.

So does that mean I will need to open it up again? Poor girl

 

[RosemaryDuck]

So does that mean I will need to open it up again? Poor girl

I would just apply some more prid/equivalent and wrap it again and see if it'll pull some of it up to the surface. Since it's healing up pretty well I think opening again would just make it swell up worse.

 

[ForTheLoveOfSilkies]

I would just apply some more prid/equivalent and wrap it again and see if it'll pull some of it up to the surface. Since it's healing up pretty well I think opening again would just make it swell up worse.

I looked her other foot and I don't see the black scab thing but do see red, is this bumblefoot too? Or just red normal? It's hard to tell on black skin chicken. .. If these are multiple bumblefoots, I think I might have to give up and put her out of her misery otherwise I'll end up cutting up her feet by the time I'm done with all of them

 

[RosemaryDuck]

I looked her other foot and I don't see the black scab thing but do see red, is this bumblefoot too? Or just red normal? It's hard to tell on black skin chicken. .. If these are multiple bumblefoots, I think I might have to give up and put her out of her misery otherwise I'll end up cutting up her feet by the time I'm done with all of them
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It's really difficult to see cause the picture is pretty blurry but to me that just looks like scratches. Maybe @Eggcessive knows?