Silky with Swollen Foot

[Cadence A Waller]

So sorry about your poor silkie’s feet, and that she faces the possibility of losing part or all of them of them. Here is some reading about chickens who have lost feet to frostbite:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/frost-bitten-feet.842760/

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/please-help-chickens-foot-fell-off.635270/

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/frostbitten-feet-prosthesis-ideas.458475/

Thanks for the readings about chickens who have lost their feet. I don’t know if I am worrying over nothing but should I be concerned about the fact that the top of her toes are swollen? I just noticed this today so it is fairly new.

 

[Cadence A Waller]

I want to thank everyone who has been helping me learn how to take care of my silky. Also wondering how long it might take before I know how much of her feet she is going to loose. These are pics of her feet that I took tonight:

 

[Eggcessive]

Where you see the swollen pink parts is where the healthy tissue is. She will lose anything that is black and shriveled. Is that her whole foot on one leg that is black? It can take a month or more for toes or a foot to come off. I am so sorry that she has had so much pain and trouble. Is she still eating and drinking okay?

 

[Cadence A Waller]

One of her feet are completely black other than two toes. That foot seems to hurt her the most. She is eating and drinking just fine as long as her food and water are right in front of her. Should I continue to soak her feet in Epsom Salts? And continue to use Vetericyn? Thanks for all your help.

 

[Cadence A Waller]

She lost her first blackened toe today. I sprayed Vetericyn on her foot. Should I do anything else to it? Once she looses all of the black will her feet stop hurting her?

 

[Cadence A Waller]

She lost another toe tonight! I put Vetericyn on it. Also wondering if she is lonely? She has been kept inside since I first noticed her frostbite and has been away from the other chickens... should I let her be with another hen? Or would waiting until she has lost all of the frost bitten parts and started to walk around more easily be better?

 

[Cadence A Waller]

 

[Cadence A Waller]

Tonight she lost most of her foot. It is bleeding a little bit, but not very much now. I sprayed Vetericyn on it. So what should I do now?

Also noticed that the feathers by her bottom are getting dirty. How should I clean them?

 

[Cadence A Waller]

Yes, this was the foot that was mostly black. She still has her other foot and a couple black toes on that foot. How often should I rewrap her foot?

 

[Cadence A Waller]

Would betadine be better to put on it than Vetericyn? Just curious because I have Vetericyn now and will have to go out a get betadine soon.