Hen keeps sitting down //Help//

[6BeachChicks]

Epsom salt water will help her, don’t worry.

 

[6BeachChicks]

If you can’t push anything out but blood, it’s all out but keep checking and keep us posted.

 

[fatimastic]

If you can’t push anything out but blood, it’s all out but keep checking and keep us posted.

Her foot pad is still squishy and swollen and I know not everything is out. Only the top black part came out . I will try again tomorrow.

I checked my other hens and 3 of them also have bumblefoot. It isn't as swollen and severe as hers. Should I treat them all simultaneously or one after another?

 

[6BeachChicks]

You should treat them as soon as possible and post pictures.
Good job on checking them!

 

[Ebony Rose]

Salt will sting, but it's also great for reducing harmful bacteria. You'll need to judge the merit of using it while the wound is open. I would not keep her separated from her flock at this time, the wound itself is unlikely to be picked at by others in her flock and separating her will further lower her status in the pecking order.

 

[fatimastic]

You should treat them as soon as possible and post pictures.
Good job on checking them!

I will post pictures of their feet and keep everyone updated. Instead of trying to take the plug out a little at a time, what if I give them salt soak everyday, twice a day, and then take out the plug when it feels soft and ready to come out?

Salt will sting, but it's also great for reducing harmful bacteria. You'll need to judge the merit of using it while the wound is open. I would not keep her separated from her flock at this time, the wound itself is unlikely to be picked at by others in her flock and separating her will further lower her status in the pecking order.

Because she is low in the pecking order, the other hens don't let her rest and when she sits down, they peck at her and scare her off.

 

[6BeachChicks]

Keep her in the house and keep soaking her feet.

 

[Ebony Rose]

Keep her in the house and keep soaking her feet.

You can keep her in the house, however try to give her at least 1 hour of supervised time with the flock daily to maintain her status in the pecking order. She really cannot afford to fall further down in the pecking order. If you have a wire dog crate, you can close her in it with food and water, and place that in the coop as an alternative to moving her into your home. This would be the best of both worlds, as she'll be protected from the bullying AND she'll continue to be seen and heard by the flock so that she doesn't lose any more status with them.

 

[fatimastic]

You can keep her in the house, however try to give her at least 1 hour of supervised time with the flock daily to maintain her status in the pecking order. She really cannot afford to fall further down in the pecking order. If you have a wire dog crate, you can close her in it with food and water, and place that in the coop as an alternative to moving her into your home. This would be the best of both worlds, as she'll be protected from the bullying AND she'll continue to be seen and heard by the flock so that she doesn't lose any more status with them.

I did put the cage inside their coop and provided her with water and food in there, along with the others. She was safe but she surely was getting a lot of angry calls from others.
She actually looks better than before, but she still needs to rest after walking a bit.
I soaked her again today and tried to take the gunk out with tweezers. I could only get a little out before she started bleeding. I could not push out anything. The gunk is extremely solid and I an finding it hard to take it out. Is one soak per day enough?

Here are the pics of the other hens with bumblefoot.

 

[Ebony Rose]

Because you have bumblefoot on many members of your flock, you might examine the height of the roost to the floor and what they're landing on. Lowering the distance between the roost and floor, even by a foot, will reduce the 'thud' upon impact and reduce the chance of foot and leg injury. You'll still need to treat them all for their bumblefoot until you've got them healed up. I'd work on the worst cases first, starting with the one that has it on both the pad of her foot AND her toe, those might be connected as one large pocket or they might be two individual pockets of pus. I don't know how much time you have in your day, so cannot advise you on whether to treat them all in the same day or not. With a 15 to 20 minute hot soak, plus the half hour of hands on work for the soaked bird, then a hot soak for another bird and hands on work, the hours would add up. You really cannot soak them all at the same time and do them justice with the hands on work of tugging scabs, squeezing out the pus etc, as the infection comes out much easier when you're working with their WARM flesh. You can however round-robin the treatment; take birds A & B today, birds C & D tomorrow, birds E & F the third day, on the fourth day, circle back to birds A & B, etc. Two birds a day would consume about two hours daily.
Still praying for ya'll.