Reoccuring bumble

[Chickerywitchery]

My hens are a little over a year old and it seems all the sudden half of them have gotten bumble. Mostly minor that I was able to YouTube how to fix and got it done without surgery.

But even after taking down high roosting bars and keeping the nesting area thick with bedding for soft landings, I still have some hens that have very small bumble scabs with minor swelling and no limping or lameness.

The hens who have damages to their feet are ones who stay mostly grounded until nighttime when they go into the roost. So I'm really not convinced the roosting bars or tree branch perches in their enclosure is the cause. Plus they free range daily so they have plenty of other unknown factors to injure themselves on

If anyone has any idea as to how I can minimize this, or if this is normal and if I wasn't so paranoid and checking every week I wouldn't even know there were scabs.... please let me know, because lately I feel like I've hit the lottery on chicken bumble sightings and I really want a refund lol

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Do you have photos?
How do you treat the bumbles?

 

[Chickerywitchery]

Do you have photos?
How do you treat the bumbles?

I do not have photos. They are usually center of the middle toe or center of the bottom of their foot. Never much swelling, would only see there is an issue because I pick them up to check and see a little black scab.

As for treating its a combo of Epsom salts and drawing salve with bandage wraps then the corm pops out and I pack the open area with mupiricin ointment and wrap again. A couple days then the wrap comes off and healthy scab forms. They usually go a month without any reoccuring then they get a new tiny bumble scab.

 

[Chickerywitchery]

It is worth noting I think I have found the cause. The property has a lot of wood mulch the hens spend most their time digging in. The mulch is being removed soon so that will tell.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Could be the mulch.