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FluffyButt789 said:
We removed the bumblefoot, scab and kernel, from my chicken today. It was gross but much better than cutting her. Soaking her foot for 20-30 mins did the trick. I put neosporin on the healing skin, and a gauze, then wrapped it. She will be kept separate for a week or two until it is all healed. Then we will do some of the other chickens. One at a time.

I checked them all over and out of 15, 5 of them have bumblefoot. The worst is a hen who has them on both feet. I was wondering if any of you know what causes it? So that I can try to prevent it from happening so much.
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:thumbsup glad soaking worked for your girl.
Hopefully the others will be as fortunate:fl!
 
FluffyButt789 said:
That’s what I was thinking. I plan on getting a new coop in the spring but maybe I can fix their perches soon to be lower and more comfortable for them. Always something!
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funny, the weight thing makes sense--but my only (fingers crossed) bumbly girl is a smallish gold laced Wyandotte--the hen I have from Martha has lovely feet and she is EASILY three times as big!!!(and GORGEOUS!!!!!) I heard that bumblefoot is just a staph infection from a scratch? It would make sense that it is worse in wet weather since bacteria love moist dark conditions.
 
Lelanae said:
funny, the weight thing makes sense--but my only (fingers crossed) bumbly girl is a smallish gold laced Wyandotte--the hen I have from Martha has lovely feet and she is EASILY three times as big!!!(and GORGEOUS!!!!!) I heard that bumblefoot is just a staph infection from a scratch? It would make sense that it is worse in wet weather since bacteria love moist dark conditions.
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Most of my little hens have clean feet, but the bigger girls, and the rooster, have bumblefoot.

I took my hen back in the house to change her bandages yesterday. It looks like it is healing, but I don't know what a healing chicken foot is supposed to look like, lol! No black spots or white kernels now, so I'm hoping it completely heals by this weekend so I can take off her bandage.

I'm wondering if it's necessary enough to remove every bumblefoot from all of my chickens? It is a lot of work...
 
Auroradream26 said:
The majority of this group lives more on the Eastern side of the state. I'm near Patton but that's still a good hour and a half or more from Pittsburgh area. Great area here.
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Ohhh okay, that makes sense. Sorry!

I'm not sure what direction Patton is in but my mom has family in Erie which I think is like 2 hours from Pittsburgh? And some family in Beaver and my friend lives in Mars. We're in Massachusetts
 
KDOGG331 said:
Ohhh okay, that makes sense. Sorry!

I'm not sure what direction Patton is in but my mom has family in Erie which I think is like 2 hours from Pittsburgh? And some family in Beaver and my friend lives in Mars. We're in Massachusetts
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Erie is north west of Pittsburg I believe. I'm not sure where Beaver and Mars are but we are to the East of Pittsburgh.
 

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