Is this bumblefoot??

[coach723]

Catch her after dark, when she goes to roost. Much easier then. Wrap her in a towel if she's hard to hold on to. You may have to crate her overnight until you can work on her, or take her to the vet, whichever you decide to do. You can also go out in the very early morning before light, before they get up, and get her off the roost then. I have one that that is the ONLY way I can get ahold of her. When treating a bumblefoot on her, bandage changes were always done then, after dark. Much less stressful on everybody.

 

[WindingRoad]

My two year old wyandotte (Clover), has this spot on the bottom of her foot. She has a smaller one on the other foot.
She's free range and spends all day roaming about our property. She does cross our small private, gravel road to visit the neighbors. Other than that she's on grass or pasture land. She is locked in a coop at night. Their coop gets messy fast and I try and clean it as it does but during the school semester, it can be challenging.
Her feet seem to be tender in the morning, she's slower and limps a bit. After a couple of hours, she seems fine though and runs around with the rest.
I soaked her feet in warm water yesterday but unsure how long/often to do so. I wonder if it's bumblefoot or did she get some gravel stuck in there.
There doesn't seem to be any redness or fluid leaking from them
any advice will be most welcome. she's been with our family since she was a baby and we want to make sure she's taken care of. She's the ring leader of our four birds.
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Google drawing salve. There is a recipe to make your own and a you tube video. I didn't read up on it but lots of info. Good luck.

 

[Candy S]

I’m dealing with the exact same thing. Just coming to post my issue when I saw Palinor’s post. I soaked my Pekins foot twice yesterday in epsom salt and again this morning. I was able to peal the black scab off but can get anything to come out. On my way to find clear iodine. I read it helps draw the infection out. Them on my way to get vetricyn spray to put on once I get the bumble out and wrap. Keeping her in her coop to keep her out of this constant Illinois mud.

 

[Trux]

The problem is that she's hard to catch. She one of our more un-tame girls. Just to soak her foot the one time a friend had to come over to chase her around the yard. I managed to catch her a month ago and got a pic of the same foot. It has definitely gotten worse in the last month. The dark spot has gotten a lot larger and she seems to be in pain. We live rurally so there are some livestock vets.

If she is that hard to catch maybe you should keep her in a crate till you have her foot problem resolved. It would also limit her walking on it so much, and keep it cleaner.

 

[Palinor]

Hey everyone! I took Clover to the vet. She's on antibiotics and kept in a comfy and clean pen full of shavings in the garage. She gets daily soaks with epsom salts. The vet said it wasn't bad at all and complimented me on bringing her in so early (I'm an anal chicken mom), the vet told me some horror stories of other chicken owners that I won't repeat, ugh. Clover is pretty unhappy to be kept apart from her friends but she's so hard to catch and she gets meds twice a day that I felt keeping her apart was necessary. Do chickens get depressed?

 

[Trux]

You can put her and the crate in the run so she can visit just not roam with them

 

[MilesFluffybutt]

@Palinor, thank you for the update. I'm glad to hear Clover is doing well. Chickens can get depressed, but I wouldn't worry too much about it. Use this time to bond with her so maybe she's a little less hard to catch in the future.

Although, I am an anal chicken mom, I can say I am one of those horror stories. I didn't catch it early enough in one of my roos so it became chronic. My vet and I battled it for the better part of a year. The moment Pickles was off an antibiotic, it'd get infected again - despite daily flushings, soaks, fresh bandages, the whole nine yards. Poor little Pickles will always be super susceptible to it and now has chronic inflammation in his foot.