Is is BUMBLEFOOT?? help please

[cherylcohen]

Just noticed my roos foot is terribly swollen! I took the following pictures. I didn't see any scab or wound but the nail on the one little toe was black.

 

[oldchickenlady]

I haven't had a problem with it myself, but from previous threads I have read it does look like it. However, it seems like I remember there would be a healed over scab or something on the swollen area which would be the entry site of the bacteria causing the swelling. Could it possibly be an injury like a sprain? Does he limp? Do a search for bumblefoot in the search box and you will find more pics and surgery techniques to get rid of it.

 

[jeremy]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/LC-disease-chicken-bumblefoot-surgery.php

 

[cherylcohen]

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Thanks I saw that,but unfortunately I don't see a plug to pull out.

 

[cherylcohen]

Could the injury be at the nail? If so I can't pull the nail out.... I'm so worried

 

[jeremy]

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Thanks I saw that,but unfortunately I don't see a plug to pull out.

You may have caught it early, before the plug has developed.

I would PM ruth, she is the author of the bumblefoot surgery page and could probably give you some insight on how you should proceed.

 

[cherylcohen]

The plug develops later? I thought it was the site of the injury

 

[ByeByeBlackBird]

http://urbanchickens.org/blog/bumblefoot

 

[jeremy]

Well the plug is caused by a bacteria, an infection, so if you caught the problem before the infection has really gotten into the pad of his foot maybe that's why you don't see the plug yet.

However, I'm not 100% sure as I've never had to deal with bumblefoot, like I said... PM ruth.

 

[cherylcohen]

The pad is 3-4 times the normal size, pm'd ruth already thx