Treating bumblefoot

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The prid is coming today. When it arrives I’m going to soak her feet in warm water with epson salt. Then I’m going to put the prid on both areas and wrap it. Then on Saturday (in 2 days) I’m going to take the wrap off and soak it again then try to remove the spot on the one foot we haven’t picked at yet. I really don’t think we got everything out of the first one so depending on how it looks we’ll try getting whatever’s In there out. Sound about right? Anything else? Any opinion is welcome and appreciated! Thank you!
 
ChickCrazyWorryWort said:
This is after we tried pulling the plug out of the one foot. We put cream on it and wrapped it. Now she’s just walking around the yard pecking at the wrap a little.
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Looks great!
ChickCrazyWorryWort said:
The prid is coming today. When it arrives I’m going to soak her feet in warm water with epson salt. Then I’m going to put the prid on both areas and wrap it. Then on Saturday (in 2 days) I’m going to take the wrap off and soak it again then try to remove the spot on the one foot we haven’t picked at yet. I really don’t think we got everything out of the first one so depending on how it looks we’ll try getting whatever’s In there out. Sound about right? Anything else? Any opinion is welcome and appreciated! Thank you!
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you did both feet? Sorry I didn’t see this, if you tag me or reply, then I’ll see it. :)
Sounds good! Let’s me know how it goes for you!
 
Blue Raptor said:
Looks great!

you did both feet? Sorry I didn’t see this, if you tag me or reply, then I’ll see it. :)
Sounds good! Let’s me know how it goes for you!
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We soaked both feet but only picked at one. We didn’t really know how it would affect her mobility, but she walks around just fine. Prid is supposed to show up today, so when it gets here I’ll soak both her feet again and put prid on them and wrap them up till Saturday. Hopefully Saturday when I take the wrap off and soak them again we can pull the other one out better than the first one and hopefully get the rest out of the first foot if we didn’t already. We shall see, this waiting game sucks. I just want it gone before it starts affecting her more. How can I prevent this from happening again or to any of my other chickens? I have had chickens for 2 years now and never had this happen. I do have high perches in the run area, but never seen the silkies on it. The perches in the actual coop are only a couple inches off the actual coop floor, but I hardly see the silkies on those perches either. They all pile up in one of the nesting boxes. 🤦🏻‍♀️ When we first got chickens 2 years ago we put a little gravel in the run because, we would get so much rain it would be a huge muddy mess. I was thinking maybe just from the ground being so hard, but most of the gravel is gone now due to cleaning and chickens scratching it all around for the past 2 years. We also have always fed our chickens kalmbach all natural feed which people around here say it’s one of the best feed you can give your birds. They also get grit, oyster shells and their own shells fed back to them. The only scraps I give them is fruits and veggies when we have them, so I really don’t think they are over weight or missing anything in their diet. I was thinking about ones a month when I’m looking them over also just soaking all their feet in warm water and epson salt and checking for infected areas. The only problem is I have 22 chickens so that would take a while lol. Just trying to figure out how she got it and ways to prevent it from happening again or to any of my other chickens.
 
ChickCrazyWorryWort said:
We soaked both feet but only picked at one. We didn’t really know how it would affect her mobility, but she walks around just fine. Prid is supposed to show up today, so when it gets here I’ll soak both her feet again and put prid on them and wrap them up till Saturday. Hopefully Saturday when I take the wrap off and soak them again we can pull the other one out better than the first one and hopefully get the rest out of the first foot if we didn’t already. We shall see, this waiting game sucks. I just want it gone before it starts affecting her more. How can I prevent this from happening again or to any of my other chickens? I have had chickens for 2 years now and never had this happen. I do have high perches in the run area, but never seen the silkies on it. The perches in the actual coop are only a couple inches off the actual coop floor, but I hardly see the silkies on those perches either. They all pile up in one of the nesting boxes. 🤦🏻‍♀️ When we first got chickens 2 years ago we put a little gravel in the run because, we would get so much rain it would be a huge muddy mess. I was thinking maybe just from the ground being so hard, but most of the gravel is gone now due to cleaning and chickens scratching it all around for the past 2 years. We also have always fed our chickens kalmbach all natural feed which people around here say it’s one of the best feed you can give your birds. They also get grit, oyster shells and their own shells fed back to them. The only scraps I give them is fruits and veggies when we have them, so I really don’t think they are over weight or missing anything in their diet. I was thinking about ones a month when I’m looking them over also just soaking all their feet in warm water and epson salt and checking for infected areas. The only problem is I have 22 chickens so that would take a while lol. Just trying to figure out how she got it and ways to prevent it from happening again or to any of my other chickens.
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It shouldn’t hurt her too much since the bumblefoot isn’t that severe.

I did a YT video on my chicken checkup. We have a lot of chickens, just like you, and it takes a little while, but the procedure goes:
1. Put chickens away
2. Catch them one by one and check the for-
A. Bumblefoot on both feet
B. Mites near their vent (you’ll have to look closely) and on their necks
C. Feel their crops (shouldn’t be rock-hard or jelly-like)
D. Anything else abnormal
3. Once a chicken is done, let her go until all the chickens put up are let go

There’s a part two, if you want to watch it.
 
Blue Raptor said:
It shouldn’t hurt her too much since the bumblefoot isn’t that severe.

I did a YT video on my chicken checkup. We have a lot of chickens, just like you, and it takes a little while, but the procedure goes:
1. Put chickens away
2. Catch them one by one and check the for-
A. Bumblefoot on both feet
B. Mites near their vent (you’ll have to look closely) and on their necks
C. Feel their crops (shouldn’t be rock-hard or jelly-like)
D. Anything else abnormal
3. Once a chicken is done, let her go until all the chickens put up are let go

There’s a part two, if you want to watch it.
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Thank you so much! This will help a lot.
 

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