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My boyfriend and I are on day 13 of bumblefoot soaks for a leghorn living in my basement right now... the thing is starting to LOVE foot soaks. She gets up on the kitchen counter, looks through a window, soaks her feet in warm water and epsom salts (then later tetracycline) while preening herself. Today she fell asleep standing in the water.
She poops on my counter every single day, too. And sometimes more than once. I put towels down but she's a master at pooping right where the towel meets the counter or right when I lift her up to ointment and cover her feet.
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Hi SCG, something that I found worked for my gals is to soak their feet in warm water, betadine and debreed the area and once done, use bag balm mixed with a dot of Durramycin in it, then put them in a small area, a lot of shavings and Durramycin sprinkled onto the shavings so that once the balm has gone, the antibiotic is still there. I had a few birds with it and this actually took care of issues. Good luck and hope you get that cleared up. Often its from jumping straight down, then staff infection gets in (someone correct me if I'm wrong) but this worked for me in 4 days, cleared up.
My boyfriend and I are on day 13 of bumblefoot soaks for a leghorn living in my basement right now... the thing is starting to LOVE foot soaks. She gets up on the kitchen counter, looks through a window, soaks her feet in warm water and epsom salts (then later tetracycline) while preening herself. Today she fell asleep standing in the water.
She poops on my counter every single day, too. And sometimes more than once. I put towels down but she's a master at pooping right where the towel meets the counter or right when I lift her up to ointment and cover her feet.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/fo...79399701_100001337108712_527430_5293671_o.jpg
Hi SCG, something that I found worked for my gals is to soak their feet in warm water, betadine and debreed the area and once done, use bag balm mixed with a dot of Durramycin in it, then put them in a small area, a lot of shavings and Durramycin sprinkled onto the shavings so that once the balm has gone, the antibiotic is still there. I had a few birds with it and this actually took care of issues. Good luck and hope you get that cleared up. Often its from jumping straight down, then staff infection gets in (someone correct me if I'm wrong) but this worked for me in 4 days, cleared up.
