Please help my chicken

[Chickenhelp123]

Hi, I’m kind of new to backyard chickens. This is our first winter with them. We recently went out of town to see family. The chickens have an automatic door allowing them outside during daylight hours. They were also left with more than enough food and water for the time we were gone. We have a ring camera set up so we could see that they were making it outside every day. However, no one was visibly checking on them every day like we usually do.
When we got home we saw that one of our chickens was limping a bit. Photo is attached. It looks like an infection in my opinion but my husband is thinking maybe frostbite?
She’s one of our sweetest hens and we’d hate to lose her.
It’s been about 2 days, we have the area wrapped and have been cleaning it daily. She started to not come outside during the day so we have food and water in the coop for her.
Any thoughts or opinions on what this can be and how we can help her would be fantastic.

 

[Jazzin]

I think frostbite would have affected the toes first, and more severely. It looks like it could be bumblefoot, but that normally affects the bottom of the foot. Maybe this link can help...hope she heals nicely
https://grubblyfarms.com/blogs/the-...145CGCJTHFz9o_1Q9wfUpZGwyHXmrGDMFlzs_lXd4PZMb

 

[azygous]

It's always helpful if you give us your location so we have an idea of your climate and we can also look up your current weather. Frostbite occurs when exposed tissue is frozen. The photo only shows one small spot on a foot. It's not enough to say it's frostbite or not. It actually looks more like an injury from getting the foot caught in something.

We have a dilemma. If this is frostbite, you should not be doing anything that would further injure the damaged tissue. But if it's not frostbite, then it's an injury that is close to looking like it's getting infected. That does require aggressive wound treatment so the foot doesn't fall off.

A photo rarely is "worth a thousand words", as most amateur photos show very little useful information. Therefore, you need to supply the actual words to describe the injury. Pretend you are describing it to a blind person.

Here is what we need to know. Are any of the combs white and swollen? Are there any chicken toes that are white and swollen? Any wattles that are white and swollen? Those are all signs of frostbite.

What were the lowest temperatures the chickens were exposed to? Could any of them have gotten their feet wet when it was below freezing?