Hi I have a question

[MeliAnnie]

Hi my daughter has a 1 year old easter egger and she has this bump on her foot it was smaller last month and now it gotten bigger.anybody know what it is i searched up bumble foot it didnt look like it it looks so soft and like soft like a cyst .i can't let nothing happen to her she is my daughter's emotional support animal and it is registered

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Hi, welcome to BYC. I'm going to tag some of our Educators and see if any of them know what this might be.

@azygous
@Wyorp Rock
@Eggcessive

 

[BigBlueHen53]

While we wait for a response ... that's not bumblefoot.

Is a vet a possibility? Does it seem to bother her at all?

When you first noticed this, did you check to see if a splinter could possibly have been the cause?

What do you feed, including treats? Does her crop feel empty in the morning before she has anything to eat or drink?

 

[MeliAnnie]

While we wait for a response ... that's not bumblefoot.

Is a vet a possibility? Does it seem to bother her at all?

When you first noticed this, did you check to see if a splinter could possibly have been the cause?

What do you feed, including treats? Does her crop feel empty in the morning before she has anything to eat or drink?

She is out free in the backyard all day i looked at her foot didnt see not splinter or cactus and my daughter has another chicken too so they both eat the same stuff and they go in the dirt even plant soil.i dont have that much money to take her to the vet. She was limping but not much but sometimes she puts her leg up

 

[azygous]

Soft is encouraging. A tumor is hard. A tumor also has a blood supply while a cyst does not.

Here's what you need to do unless you would rather take the chicken to a vet. Assemble some hot water, small clean rags, some triple antibiotic ointment, and a sterilized sharp Xacto knife or razor blade.

Apply hot compresses, hot but not so it burns. Keep changing out the hot compresses for ten minutes. Then take the cutting blade and make a quarter inch slit in the middle of the cyst. If it bleeds, it's a tumor. Stop right there. If it doesn't bleed, it's a cyst. Apply pressure around the base and push out the pus. Keep it up until all of the waxy stuff inside comes out and nothing is left but pink watery fluid. If it's a blister, then push out all the fluid.

Clean the wound thoroughly with an antiseptic like Betadine, dry and apply the ointment and bandage if you like. Or keep her in a clean crate until the wound closes and heals over.

 

[MeliAnnie]

Soft is encouraging. A tumor is hard. A tumor also has a blood supply while a cyst does not.

Here's what you need to do unless you would rather take the chicken to a vet. Assemble some hot water, small clean rags, some triple antibiotic ointment, and a sterilized sharp Xacto knife or razor blade.

Apply hot compresses, hot but not so it burns. Keep changing out the hot compresses for ten minutes. Then take the cutting blade and make a quarter inch slit in the middle of the cyst. If it bleeds, it's a tumor. Stop right there. If it doesn't bleed, it's a cyst. Apply pressure around the base and push out the pus. Keep it up until all of the waxy stuff inside comes out and nothing is left but pink watery fluid. If it's a blister, then push out all the fluid.

Clean the wound thoroughly with an antiseptic like Betadine, dry and apply the ointment and bandage if you like. Or keep her in a clean crate until the wound closes and heals over.

How much you think a vet would cost ? The bump is light pink

 

[azygous]

If you're in California, $600. Or more, if they charge you for surgery. If you're in a rural farming and ranching town and there's a vet who will agree to treat a chicken, probably under $60.

 

[Debbie292d]

How much you think a vet would cost ? The bump is light pink

You can do this!

 

[MeliAnnie]

If you're in California, $600. Or more, if they charge you for surgery. If you're in a rural farming and ranching town and there's a vet who will agree to treat a chicken, probably under $60.

I live in california abd thank you

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I live in california abd thank you

Did you take care of this yourself? How's the chicken?