Is this bumblefoot?

[WriterofWords]

Thank you Saxony, I appreciate your thoughtfulness concerning your duck and the needless introduction of bacteria through cutting when not necessary.

 

[LilRalphieRoosmama]

It doesn't look like bumblefoot to me, but I've never seen it on a duck - only chickens. On the chickens, it is a swollen lump the same color as their skin with a black core visible from the bottom of the lump.

 

[geosheets]

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Somewhere on here is a pic of a duck with bumblefoot and it looks the same as it does on a chicken. I'll see if I can't find that post on the bumblefoot duck.

Here's where I saw it:
http://www.duckrescuenetwork.org/duck_care.html#illness

 

[froggie71]

Not really looking like a typical bumblefoot, it looks more like a growth though. That said, we had a guinea with a not typical bumblefoot. I think I would try soaking foot in Epsom salts to start with. When you've caught your duck, wrap in a towel. This will help with an uncooperative bird. Also note that the "pus" in a bumblefoot isn't squishy, it's like a hard cheesy substance.

Good luck!

 

[Birch Run Farm]

Wart?