Didn't know it was a contest,
thought it was a discussion that your medical background made interesting.
Was just sharing my knowledge and experiences of 'bumblefoot' for you and those wishing to learn.
There are a lot of extreme cases and treatments online often misrepresented and/or overblown IMO.
It's a simple infected wound that
might become severe enough to warrant extreme invasive treatment.
Most chicken injuries can be treated as you would human one;
clean it,
keep it clean and 'dry', topical antibiotic ointment
(
without pain relief ingredient [-caine] as it's toxic to birds)
to fend off infection and keep new tissue moist.
Have seen documentation of birds literally scalped of skin and heal back up,
with basics just described and wounds left uncovered.
Bumblefoot is trickier because it's hard to spot and they walk on filth all day so might require bandaging if treated. Have had several cases of it here, some with swelling and limping, never treated and they all healed up without intervention.
It's just things you might want to know before starting out.
Take everything with grains of salt....and don't overreact to worst case scenarios.
