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[Alipete21]

We recently bought hens from someone online. After they were delivered to a friends house, I drove to pick them up (3.5 hrs)
Long story short they look to have vent gleet and 3 out of 5 have bumble foot. Do you agree? When talking to the previous owner she said they looked fine to her and would not agree to any compensation unless we had them checked out by a vet. This was suppose to be a show breeder and we paid $$ for each hen. Thoughts?

 

[ChickenCanoe]

That's definitely bumble foot on some of the pictures. The vent gleet may be as well. I would bathe them and see how the vents look in a couple days. It is a shame you had to drive so far. Not an option to return them. The feces issue could be a bacterial infection, roundworms or just an imbalance of good vs. bad gut biome The latter can be corrected with a probiotic like Gro2Max.
Determining the first two can be taken care of having a fecal sample read and determining what the malady is.
I can help with a non-invasive approach to the bumblefoot if you wish.

Since the DPO (dreaded previous owner) seems to be unobservant at best, I would definitely check them over for lice and mites.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

can help with a non-invasive approach to the bumblefoot if you wish.

PLEASE!

 

[ChickenCanoe]

There is more to the story but I posted this in another thread on the preparation steps. It takes a while but not really longer than the surgical method.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/foot-issue-thats-out-of-control.1484625/#post-24746108
I also wrote the following in another thread.

"The black spot in the middle of the picture does appear to be bumblefoot.
It starts as a scratch or other injury to the foot pad, bacteria enters resulting in a staph infection. Old school remedy is to open it up and squeeze out the puss nodule but newer techniques involve no open wounds. Daily or more frequent warm Epsom salt soaks are a start.
I discovered two additional methods of treatment. One, recommended in the Chicken Health Handbook is to inject the wound with a combiotic. That is a blend of two different antibiotic families. I couldn't find what I needed but did find one that was two forms of penicillin so I used that.
The other method is one used to treat bumble in raptors by the University of Kentucky. They use a CEH ointment. It seems to draw out the poison. It is a blend of Calendula, Echinacea and Hypericum (St. John's Wort). The only source I found was in Europe so I made my own getting each ingredient from a herbal supplier in town here called Cheryl's Herbs.
At the time I had several chickens afflicted. (I later found out why)
I was able to cure all but one. Each time I applied the ointment I would then wrap with gauze and cover with vet wrap. That required keeping the birds in on clean bedding."