Hurt Foot

[Ruth1966]

my daughters hen who is about 7 months old hurt her foot. She does not want to walk on it. We had a rain storm last night so I am not sure if she fell off the ramp or what. I looked for bumble foot and there is nothing that indicates that. Any ideas. I do not feel any bones in the wrong place?

 

[The Coop Crew]

my daughters hen who is about 7 months old hurt her foot. She does not want to walk on it. We had a rain storm last night so I am not sure if she fell off the ramp or what. I looked for bumble foot and there is nothing that indicates that. Any ideas. I do not feel any bones in the wrong place?

It could be a sprain. You may want to put her in a “hospital” crate so she can rest.

 

[Ruth1966]

i was thinking of bringing her in side away from the other chickens and keep her calm.
Thank you for helping.

 

[Ruth1966]

I brought her in. She will stand and then lay down. She is making normal chicken sounds, but i am not sure if she wants to eat. She has food and water and I added watermelon. Is this normal?

 

[DonyaQuick]

How is she doing now? It is normal for chickens with an injury to go off food for a bit, espeically when moved to a new environment. Just keep food and water available 24/7.

 

[Ruth1966]

How is she doing now? It is normal for chickens with an injury to go off food for a bit, espeically when moved to a new environment. Just keep food and water available 24/7.

She is still not walking on her foot. I am thinking it may be bumble foot as she has a sorta blackish dot on her bottom of her foot. I started empson salt bath yesterday and sprayed it with Bannixx. i noticed her sister has a swollen area on her foot. I will take pictures so you can see what I am talking about.

 

[Ruth1966]

The first photos is the chicken I have been talking about.

 

[Ruth1966]

These are her sister.

 

[Ruth1966]

The first chicken is the one that is not walking on her foot. The second chicken is getting around fine.

 

[DonyaQuick]

The one with the swelling between the toes visible from the top side of the foot (sister?) definitely has bumblefoot - she’ll need that soaked, drained, and wrapped (probably more than once over time). The other one may have it beginning but it isn’t obvious. The foot pad looks a bit irritated but I don’t see a clear scab, just some of the scales are a bit overgrown. Check roosts/perches and ramps for sharp edges, splinters, etc. It could be the lame one without obvious scabs has something embedded in her foot that healed over; happened to a couple of my hens recently and it took weeks for a scab to form as the foreign object was pushed out.