How long should I keep wrapping healing bumblefoot?

[AlectryonKotopoula]

I have two chickens (both road Island reds ) that both got bumblefoot on both there feet and I bandaged it today but now its raining and also thinking I'm gonna re rap it tomorrow cause it's rained today but how often after that should I be re rapping?
And do I need to keep putting ointment on it.
It looks glossey cause of the oils I put on it.
Any advice would be great, thankyou!View attachment 3629654
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I would keep up with the cleaning/wrapping, especially for the larger bumble that’s healing. However, if you’ve been cleaning/dressing/wrapping for a while already and haven’t seen continued improvement I would suggest cleaning/drying/wrapping without applying ointment. I found my chicken hit a plateau in the healing process and letting the wound dry out helped quite a bit! That is just my experience though, I hope yours heals up soon!

 

[Ella_michele08]

I would keep up with the cleaning/wrapping, especially for the larger bumble that’s healing. However, if you’ve been cleaning/dressing/wrapping for a while already and haven’t seen continued improvement I would suggest cleaning/drying/wrapping without applying ointment. I found my chicken hit a plateau in the healing process and letting the wound dry out helped quite a bit! That is just my experience though, I hope yours heals up soon!

She's better, she has one bandage on now so just waiting for that to heal up

 

[DLA]

It depends a bit on how you keep your chickens. If you free range them I would wrap the foot until the scab is gone. The danger is if the foot is wrapped for a long period of time the bottom of the foot gets soft and is more prone to injury.

Once it's healed mole pads cut to the right size can help till the foot firms up a bit.

 

[Ella_michele08]

Once it's healed mole pads cut to the right size can help till the foot firms up a bit.

Thanks, I don't really want to go out for those and I'm just hoping they do fine without
But thanks