Please help me Help my little guy!

[Granny Hatchet]

So ssss does have merit ? Thank you for the explanation on the blu-kote.

 

[azygous]

Certainly! SSSS is exactly what I was trying to find, but of course, I had no idea what it would be called. Obviously, this chick has ulcerated lesions that seem way beyond what scaly leg mites would produce.

From what I was seeing in the photos, there was something like bacteria at work, consuming tissue, blistering, and leaving runny sores. The castor oil and soaks were not halting this process. There should have been noticeable overall improvement if it were leg mites.

Sometimes it requires more than one brain working in concert to get the full effect of a single brain. Ummm, at our age, especially.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

bahahahaaa

 

[6sablehens]

@azygous Good post!

 

[sfgwife]

I dont care for blue lote cause welp... how do you see if there is any reddening to indicate infection with it. . Ya dont. I do like vetricin though for cleanin and then ointment.

 

[azygous]

Where's our OP? We need to switch treatments asap!

I would first start trying to obtain a broad spectrum oral antibiotic such as amoxicillin or penicillin. This infection, because I believe that's what this is, should be fought internally as well as externally.

Immediately, a poultice that can draw out the infection should be started. A very effective one is a potato poultice. Since a chick is so small with very little surface area on legs and feet, I would take a grater and create very thin strips of raw potato that could be wrapped around the legs and toes. This would be followed by strips of gauze bandage dipped into tepid boiled water. I'd leave in place for twelve hours and remove and assess the wounds for any improvement. Then I would wrap the wounds in fresh strips of potato and bandage again.

If these wounds are in fact staph, it's very contagious and can be passed to any scratch you might have on your hands. Care should be taken.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

OP stated earlier there is yet another with "cuts" to the feet.

 

[azygous]

Oh boy. I was thinking how this could spread. Probably those chicks all need to be taken out of the brooder, legs and feet washed thoroughly with soap and water, then sprayed with Vetericyn.

The brooder is probably teaming with staph and needs to be emptied of all bedding and scrubbed down with a bleach solution.

Probably this all began when our little guy injured his foot on the wire mesh, then the staph bacteria started colonizing the wound, and has now spread.

 

[Mbart83]

Thanks everyone! I have read all responses and have been busy working on them along with all the other stuff I have lol

Update- he is doing a little better!!! Started doing epson soaks, vetrimycin, bag balm- he is walking better than I have ever seen him walk!!! I plan on photos later today so I will write more then!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HELPING MY BOY!!!! and me learn!! This is scary! Ha!!!

 

[azygous]

Glad our little patient is improving! What a relief!

I was kicking myself this morning during chicken chores for not recognizing a raging staph infection when it practically had a blazing sign on it. We can now add this to our list of possible chicken foot and leg issues.

Thanks to your excellent photos, we now have documentation of what it looks like.

Do you think you could find someone who could look at a scraping of his wounds under a microscope to confirm it's staph? A junior college biology department would be a good source.