I think my chicken is dying - help?

[CluckyCluck]

Oh I looked up bumblefoot and she definitely has it.

Do people (like the owner) open it themselves and get the things out?????

I got her to drink water with duramycin in it - and she's perked up, but still can not stand.

I am trying to find a livestock vet.

 

[leadwolf1]

I have never had to treat bumblefoot myself. I do know that most will treat it by themselves. There are threads on treatment, I've just never looked them up. Good luck with your hen!

 

[yo burrill]

Unfortunately from what I have read if Bumble foot is not treated quickly it will cause a bone infection and then a systemic infection that is nearly impossible to treat. Sounds like your bird has a systemic infection now. I hope I am wrong. It is so hard to loose a bird!!!!

 

[CluckyCluck]

Yo! I got the thing out of her foot with no cutting or anything and it was fairly easy to get out.

However that's not what's making her sick. Her skin is a bluish green color now - she's struggling a bit more to breathe - and there is a pocket of air under her left wing. Feels like it can pop if I put a pin in it.

Any idea what that could be?

 

[leadwolf1]

That does not sound good at all. I still think she needs a strong antibiotic. Who knows where the infection has spread. I'm sorry that I can't be of more help. I think the only thing that could save her now is a vet.

 

[LaynaDon95]

Bumblefoot is a staph infection. I have no personal experience with it, but I and lots of people I know have had plenty of staph infections around here. Garlic is very, very good for it. Get as much down her as you can. (some people say it's toxic, but I know and have heard of lots of people who feed it to their chickens all the time. I put it in their water sometimes to prevent parasites.) I've never treated bumblefoot in chickens, but it sounds like this is very serious. She needs very strong antibiotics (much more than duramycin) if she's going to have a chance of surviving. I'm so sorry this is happening. I hope she makes it.

Keep us posted

 

[PoultryGirly]

Good luck! I would find a vet ASAP!

 

[yo burrill]

Is she laying eggs??? That sounds more like internal laying???? The abdomen will be soft like a water balloon. The only thing that can fix that is surgery to drain the abdomen and a hysterectomy. Not worth the expense even if it is a very loved pet. Someone else has a thread on one of their chicken,, She spent like $600 to save her chicken. ?!?!?!? Even then it could still be the staph infection causing fluid to build up. Did you get out all the cheesy stuff in her foot?? It takes a good amount of work and prodding to get out all the deep stuff.

 

[janinepeters]

I posted on your other thread that it looked like you caught bumblefoot early -- But I see from this thread that you say she had it for a few months, ever since you got her, and that she was ill before you popped out the kernel. I would say she is septic, i.e., the foot infection has gone systemic (into her blood stream). I would either put her down or take her to a vet immediately.

 

[Rebel Soldier]

Bumblefoot will not cause sickness. It comes from roosting above hard ground and the individual hitting the hard ground coming off the roost. The foot becomes bruised and then develops bumblefoot. Prevalent in cooped heavy breeds,also overweight older fowl. I have raised American Games for 40 years and never had bumblefoot on free range of fowl in pens where the ground is soft. I have treated bumblefoot by cutting out the corn, soaking the foot in kerosene, and wrapping it in a cloth. It is a time consuming ailment to produce a cure, but it works. It appears your fowl caught a infection and needs antibiotics immeadiately. Good luck, but the chances are not good.