Please help ASAP!

[New Chick In The Backyard]

I noticed that my lavender orpington was hobbling. After inspecting her foot I can see that it is very swollen. Her skin is gray and where it is stretched it is Pink. She has a big brown spot that I thought was mud and tried to scrape off but actually it's where she is hurt. I can't think of anything she could have stepped on but apparently she has hurt herself. The only thing I can think to do is Soak her foot in Epsom salt and I don't even know how much or how long to do that for. Do you have any better ideas? If it is worse by Monday I am taking her to the vet but please if anyone can suggest something that might help please do so. I love my chicken and I'm so worried for her. Thank you for your time. Sorry so many pictures of the same thing but I'm in the Sun and can't see the pictures very well. I wish I had a better camera.

 

[topochico225]

I noticed that my lavender orpington was hobbling. After inspecting her foot I can see that it is very swollen. Her skin is gray and where it is stretched it is Pink. She has a big brown spot that I thought was mud and tried to scrape off but actually it's where she is hurt. I can't think of anything she could have stepped on but apparently she has hurt herself. The only thing I can think to do is Soak her foot in Epsom salt and I don't even know how much or how long to do that for. Do you have any better ideas? If it is worse by Monday I am taking her to the vet but please if anyone can suggest something that might help please do so. I love my chicken and I'm so worried for her. Thank you for your time. Sorry so many pictures of the same thing but I'm in the Sun and can't see the pictures very well. I wish I had a better camera.

Looks like bumblefoot.

https://the-chicken-chick.com/bumblefoot-causes-treatment-warning/

 

[Darius123]

It s definitely a bumblefoot! You have 2 options : 1. just wait and see what happens but from what i know like in humans bacteria under the skin tends to worsen after some time.
2. Surgery. The mass needs to be released from there, and i dont think that you would be able to make an incision without making the bird suffer.

I know it s a wired situation to take a chicken to the vet, but it s the only way i see that this can get better.

 

[topochico225]

I noticed that my lavender orpington was hobbling. After inspecting her foot I can see that it is very swollen. Her skin is gray and where it is stretched it is Pink. She has a big brown spot that I thought was mud and tried to scrape off but actually it's where she is hurt. I can't think of anything she could have stepped on but apparently she has hurt herself. The only thing I can think to do is Soak her foot in Epsom salt and I don't even know how much or how long to do that for. Do you have any better ideas? If it is worse by Monday I am taking her to the vet but please if anyone can suggest something that might help please do so. I love my chicken and I'm so worried for her. Thank you for your time. Sorry so many pictures of the same thing but I'm in the Sun and can't see the pictures very well. I wish I had a better camera.

It s definitely a bumblefoot! You have 2 options : 1. just wait and see what happens but from what i know like in humans bacteria under the skin tends to worsen after some time.
2. Surgery. The mass needs to be released from there, and i dont think that you would be able to make an incision without making the bird suffer.

I know it s a wired situation to take a chicken to the vet, but it s the only way i see that this can get better.

Do not ignore it. The infection can spread into the bones of the bird and kill it. Home bumblefoot surgeries are common and not a serious operation. If you must, take the bird to the vet, but some bumblefoot cases can be solved by soaking the foot, pulling off the scab, packing it with Neosporin, wrapping with gauze and Vetwrap, and changing the bandage every day until it is healed.

I've done a bumblefoot surgery in less than an hour, and the infection required an actual incision.

 

[New Chick In The Backyard]

Do not ignore it. The infection can spread into the bones of the bird and kill it. Home bumblefoot surgeries are common and not a serious operation. If you must, take the bird to the vet, but some bumblefoot cases can be solved by soaking the foot, pulling off the scab, packing it with Neosporin, wrapping with gauze and Vetwrap, and changing the bandage every day until it is healed.

I've done a bumblefoot surgery in less than an hour, and the infection required an actual incision.

How do you know if it needs an incision??

 

[New Chick In The Backyard]

I wonder why this happened. There aren't many times she jumps from high up. Isn't this how they get it?

 

[topochico225]

How do you know if it needs an incision??

If the scab doesn't come off, even with extensive soaking, then you'll need to make a small incision.

 

[topochico225]

I wonder why this happened. There aren't many times she jumps from high up. Isn't this how they get it?

Is she a heavy bird? Could she have stepped on something sharp or poky? Sometimes mine get it just from foraging. They step on something sharp, cut their foot, and it gets infected.

 

[topochico225]

I wonder why this happened. There aren't many times she jumps from high up. Isn't this how they get it?

Ah, you said she was an Orpington. Orps are pretty heavy birds

 

[New Chick In The Backyard]

Ah, you said she was an Orpington. Orps are pretty heavy birds

I think she is a little heavy. Shes certainly healthy. What am I making an incision for? To get puss out?