Is this Bumblefoot

[Spinbunny]

I have RI Red crosses and noticed today that one of the 'girls' has a cyst thingey on the webbing between her toes on the top of her foot. She is ~8-9 months old, and is limping a bit. I have looked at the bottom of her foot and it appears somewhat swollen, but I can't find any kind of break in the skin. I was going to include a pic in this post, but being a 'newbie' I can't. If anyone can help, I would be glad to email the pic

Spinbunny (aka Laura)
Mom to 2 dogs, 5 cats, 18 anogora bunnies and 12 chickens

 

[hensofhallora]

I too have recently found something similar on some of my hens. have a look at this and tell me if it is the same thing

 

[Spinbunny]

No, mine is definitely more cyst looking. I will PM you a pic.

Spinbunny

 

[Spinbunny]

Sorry, too new to post pics, either in forum or via PM.

 

[theacw]

You can use a picture hosting site.... upload the picture to that and post the link on here. I used photobucket.com

Thats what I did when I was new

 

[dawg53]

Quote:
It's bumblefoot. You can type "bumblefoot" in the BYC search box and you'll see alot of posts about how to treat it.

 

[Spinbunny]

Here's a link for a pic of the hen's foot. http://s1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb431/Spinbunny384/?action=view&current=btoe.jpg

 

[dawg53]

Quote:
It's bumblefoot.

 

[Spinbunny]

Oh goody, goody, goody!

I've done minor surgery on bunnies, cats and dogs, but this will be my first chicken. Too late to start this evening, but I guess my schedule for tomorrow will include hen surgery.

Thanks to all for the help in diagnosis.


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