Rescued hen is gonna make it! pic pg 8

[meriruka]

d.k :

* I'd help her stand in a dishpan of warm water & antibacterial soap w/a couple pinches of baking soda added. That'll loosen dirt, dead skin, blood & mites if any to start. Then you can gently wipe em dry & add the campho, or neosporin, vit e or even a light coat of desitin probly. LINE whatever you keep her in with

line it with what? Don't keep us in suspense.....

How long do I soak her?​

 

[silkiechicken]

Best of luck. I say soak for as long as you need to for the dirt to be able to come off with a light brushing. Interesting that it isn't illegal to use live bait in large animal traps.

 

[d.k]

*I edited the first post & finished it-- Sorry, I'm getting kicked offline a lot today if I try to post to long. . . SOAK HER FEET bout 1O mins to start, I'd say. You may have to repeat every few days. I'd keep a spray bottle handy with clean mix for touch-ups if she walks in poo.

 

[meriruka]

Oh she'll love that. Now that the shock has worn off a bit, she's a fiesty little thing.
Thanks everyone, I'm off to the grocery store to get supplies!

btw, what is a "microfiber cloth"?

 

[d.k]

*they're soft cleaning cloths made outta spun polyester. VERY EXPENSIVE in grocery stores-- I get mine in a 2O pack in the auto stuff section @ Costco. Don't know how I ever lived w/o em. . . .

 

[SpottedCrow]

Floppy or Spot?

Even if you just soak her feet in Aveeno bath, like for Chicken Pox ( I can believe I just said that) and use an old tooth brush to take off some of the gunk.

You could use the rubber mat from the tub or even just a bathtowel because you can wash it out later.

 

[d.k]

*they're super-soft cleaning cloths made outta micro-fine-spun polyester. VERY EXPENSIVE in grocery stores-- I get mine in a 2O pack in the auto stuff section @ Costco, & they're bigger and fluffier & more absorbant than any other. Don't know how I ever lived w/o em. . .Must have two hundred of em by now!

Didn't I just post a similar. . . . Oh, frack!!

 

[hencackle]

meriruka--bless your heart for saving that little hen.
Maybe you can ask Mr. Joy's mom how she cares for his feet.
http://mrjoy.net/

 

[meriruka]

Ok, the two toed terror has had her foot bath. She was amazingly good about it for approximately 4 seconds. We've established a truce for the moment. I don't know how much good it did, but we both smell pretty.

 

[d.k]

*how do they look now that they're clean?