I read that 9 and three generations from one family were lost
The birds that are getting bumble foot are the ones that have been hit hard by Marek's so I'm not surprised that their resistance is crap. I have caught three in early stages. Just mainly scabs that I can pull off with a small kernel attached. No severe infection. Just swelling. My Welsummers don't even limp so I have to do foot checks on them. The little drama queen Buff O hens just act like they are needing crutches. I look at their feet and they have tiny scabs and no swelling.
It must be the area where you live for bumble foot!
×2prayersOne of these days I'm going to get caught up here....just not today. Spent the day outside redoing my run netting. It went a lot better than I thought it was going to. Just tedium. Plus I couldn't let the birds out so it was three hours of listening to them pounding on the walls and each other trying to hurry me along so they could come out and supervise my work. DH helped, bless him, so it went faster. Got done by 1. Did clean up for another what seemed like 12 hours. Whey is it when you have a pile of shredded old netting, you always have one brain dead rooster that just can't figure out that if he walks in it he's going to get his feet tangled up then you have to catch him and free him of his tethers? It's funny in a sad sort of way...oh heck, I gotta admit that it's just flipping funny to see a three pound bantam cross rooster shuffling around, dragging netting behind him, pause to lift a foot, study it for a moment before he shuffles off with his ten foot train of netting following him.
At least the standard sized birds, about half of which have bumble foot right now. Can't figure that one out. they spend most of the day snoozing on their roosting poles, have enough brain power to keep away from the netting on the ground while I'm working. They are no fun at all.
Thought y'all would like to see the picture my husband took last night of that big storm that rolled through Iowa and then dipped south. It went to the east of us and hit Knox county which is north east of Macon county where we live. DH said that he wondered if we could see it from the high point in our pasture so off we went. This is what we saw:
We stood and watched it for about 20 minutes. It's just amazing how something so beautiful can be so deadly.
Keeping the people of Marshalltown Iowa in my prayers along with all others dealing with severe and blistering hot weather.
There is a rancher in Colorado charging 125.00 to 145.00 to cuddle his cattle what ya all think what we could get to have people cuddle our chickens or ducks
If they can catch them, right? 
