The WORST bumble-foot, ever?

[crj]

I've been waiting for pictures. I would like to see what is wrong with the feet of this bird.

I just treated 2 of my birds with what I am guessing was bumble foot. It was no big deal to treat at all. IF, that's what I treated. I do not have a picture but this is what I did. I noticed on my light brahmas that there was what looked like packed mud in the bottom area of the foot. It was in between there toes. It was hard, very hard like a pebble. I eventually stuck the birds foot in warm/hot water and rubbed the area with my finger. Then I took my very pointy tweezers and started messing with it along the sides. I would get what looked like mud out. Eventually a big round blob came out. It was hard and a little yellowish but mostly seemed dirty. This bird had it on both feet and they were large. You would never have known it was there because they walked just fine. Feet never seemed to bother her. I just happened to check her feet.

Since one bird had it I thought I would check the other 2 brahamas. One other bird had it. This one was a bit different. On one foot it wore a hole clean through. Skin never broke which is strange. It was like taking out hard packed mud on both feet. I noticed the bird had a hard bump between her toes. All cleaned up and off they went. Is that bumble foot? No blood and no discomfort. It's had to be there for a long time. These birds I got from someone who needed to rehome them about a year ago.

 

[onthespot]

yes, that was bumble foot. Treatable, not usually a big deal. If let go untreated, eventually the infection will travel, usually up the bird's leg, and at that point it is almost always fatal.

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

I'm so sorry to hear about your roo, RareFeathers, but I did want to say congratulations on your pregnancy!

I hope your roo won't die. But that does sound bad.

 

[Rare Feathers Farm]

Thank you. I paid over $100.00 for this bird and the shipping.

I will take some photos tomorrow (before & after). I hope to be able to treat him because he's a rare breed (of course) and he's just starting to crow.

 

[purpletree23]

Let's try to fix the rooster, then bash the seller and call the closest animal control officers in the sellers area to make sure this isn't happening to other animals. To me it's just cruel and unforgivable. Instead of a puppy mill these people might be running a chicken mill for profit. It makes me mad enough to spit!!!

First congratulations of your pregnancy!

Do you have a vet in your area that could take care of your rooster for you or any chicken loving friends that could help wash out the wounds and drain the bumblefoot? I know you can do it but you are pregnant (I'm a nurse) and shouldn't be too close to the rooster. He could have staph or something worse growing in his body and all it would take is for you to have a pulled cuticle and get some of his infection on you and you could get terribly ill including the baby.

I wish I were closer to you. I would be over in a minute to help. Please stay away from him.

 

[Rare Feathers Farm]

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No and my husband is out of town until Sunday night. I have latex gloves and lots of supplies...I MIGHT be able to get my MIL to come over and help (she's a nurse) and deals with smelly/bloody/rotten things all of the time. LOL

Thanks regarding my pregnancy...I'm 12 weeks and 2 days now and just starting to get over the BAD morning sickness but I'm still pretty queasy and smells still bother me.

 

[Rare Feathers Farm]

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Yes it is a bacterial infection.
http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&...=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&biw=1024&bih=570

 

[Rare Feathers Farm]

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That's kind of what I'm afraid of. I found some penicillin in the fridge and I went to the feed store today and got some needles & syringes. I'm going to soak him tomorrow in a warm plastic tub bath with some epsom salts and then see if I can get anything out of his wounds. He's currently housed in my quarantine "coop" which is isolated from everyone else. He's got clean, dry litter and he's still eating/drinking well and started crowing this morning.

 

[Rare Feathers Farm]

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I'll have to look for some of that...I have Epsom salts....I know when a horse gets an abscess you have to draw the infection out of the bottom of their foot or it will blow out the top of their coronary band (or worse)...so I'm thinking along those lines...we just live in such a dry, dry area (even with the snow, we're like 15% humidity) and my runs are sand and my coop is always stocked with clean, fresh shavings...so I'm completely ignorant to a staph infection in the foot. This roo came from a warmer/wetter climate.

 

[Rare Feathers Farm]

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The seller should have never sent a bird in that condition unless it was specified in the agreement between said seller and the OP.

Yeah and I guarantee that had the seller told me this bird had a raging bacterial infection I would not have spent over $100.00 to get a sick bird and missed work to make sure he was okay.