Some sad looking polish, I think?

[technodoll]

SO PRETTY!

Thank you for the photos and your continued dedication and love for these poor creatures - you are my hero!

 

[usschicago1]

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I agree with technodoll! Your mine too

 

[brandibaby23]

Thanks guys!!

I hope she can get better and be out with the rest of the chickies and start to be able to be a chicken again herself. I was worried about the watery poo though I was like "oh god after all this I've done, she better not be getting sick on me now" but has been eating today and hopping around my bathroom. It's HER room now

 

[brandibaby23]

Well tonight while soaking her foot another toe fell off!!

Now only one toe left but seems to feel a little better with that toe gone.

 

[technodoll]

I wonder what that must be like... to see a body part just fall off

Does it seem to hurt her?

 

[brandibaby23]

No not when it fell off it just "fell off" and now actually seems to feel better. One more toe left and she seems to wanna peck at that one, if left unbandaged. But she ate a good bit after she was all bandaged and wrapped. and I put extra cushion on her foot and bandage and she seems to put more weight on it.

 

[Woods_Woman]

I hope once things are done healing she is better off, poor girl.

 

[brandibaby23]

I hope so too. Had alot to deal with in her short 7 months of life.

 

[Woods_Woman]

Im glad you took them in. I love polish, they are by far my favorite..such sweet chickens..I pray your girl has a speedy recovery.

 

[cocosandy]

I had an americuana with bumblefoot that went necrotic and the foot basically fell off. I had to snip one dried tendon, but it didnt seem to hurt her. The problem was that the bone jutted out and I had to keep the thing wrapped in a clean, dry ball wrap which she limped around on. She ended up dying, but she was a bird who was sort of old and who had lived through some form of neuro virus, maybe mareks, and who walked backwards and in circles...she had brooded babies like that and had a full life. The bumblefoot struck suddenly and it was really a tough case. I did my best but the foot went black and dried up.
Chickens are pretty miraculous in that they can do fine so long as the skin can close up over the bone. I think that my hen would have had to have bone surgery and stitches to create a skin flap over the bone...I would have had to cut the bone, and I wasnt sure if that would make things worse.
Anyway, I lost her.
Are you positive that the white part above the blackend toes isn't bumblefoot? the slightly swollen part that looks white almost seems ot have some sort of pus in it. Maybe thats just from soaking....?
if it is and you dont dig the bumble out along with the rest of the infection, it wont get better.
Bumblefoot is a staph infection with a hard core, and it has to be removed from the foot or it will keep spreading.

I used some wound powder that I had around for livestock and it helped alot with the necrotic tissue because it dired it out but also had anteseptic properties. Having a layer of this powder inside the bandages was a good way to keep the inside part dry.

Good luck with your gal...hopefully you can stop the die off of the tissue. the challenge seems to be to get the skin flap to fully cover the bones.