It looks like bumblefoot to me. Look at this thread: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=236649&p=1
It has pics of how to treat bumblefoot. You dont just squeeze the pus out but rather you have to poke around and scrape the thing out.
The top of the foot may be necrotic tissue or just a bruise...I would get the bumblefoot out as much as possible, pack it with neosporin, and wrap it with vet wrap. try to get some tylan.
check www.randallburkey.com or google foy's pigeons or valley vet supply for chicken antibiotics and also for information on dosages.
There are charts out there that will tell you dosages.
Bumblefoot is hard to cure and if its reached a later stage it may be in the tendons....but if he seems happy and if he is eating and pecking around, then you might as well try.
Be very careful about bumblefoot...wear gloves...it is a staph infection and very dangerous. You have to practice biosecurity and be careful with this stuff because humans get it!
Also, be careful about chickens that have runny eyes and noses...there are infectious diseases that they have that, while not necessarily dangerous to humans, could effect other animals you keep.
Good luck.
It has pics of how to treat bumblefoot. You dont just squeeze the pus out but rather you have to poke around and scrape the thing out.
The top of the foot may be necrotic tissue or just a bruise...I would get the bumblefoot out as much as possible, pack it with neosporin, and wrap it with vet wrap. try to get some tylan.
check www.randallburkey.com or google foy's pigeons or valley vet supply for chicken antibiotics and also for information on dosages.
There are charts out there that will tell you dosages.
Bumblefoot is hard to cure and if its reached a later stage it may be in the tendons....but if he seems happy and if he is eating and pecking around, then you might as well try.
Be very careful about bumblefoot...wear gloves...it is a staph infection and very dangerous. You have to practice biosecurity and be careful with this stuff because humans get it!
Also, be careful about chickens that have runny eyes and noses...there are infectious diseases that they have that, while not necessarily dangerous to humans, could effect other animals you keep.
Good luck.
