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[CCUK]

That's a nasty bumble, @CCUK. Good on you for stepping in to care for her. If the epsom soaks do not help to draw the pus out, you may want to make a small incision to help you to extract it.

Her colour isn't mille-fleur, but I can't quite place exactly what she is; her e-series appears to be mixed, but she's obviously mottled; very pretty. She does appear to be a Pekin/Cochin bantam.

Also, hooray for free chickens.

It's not a bumble. All the tissue on her lower leg has gone rotten and necrotic from being encased in the mud ball.
I'm not sure how long she was like that but it must have been quite some time. I need to get some hibiscrub today and give her another soak and clean. Once all the dead and crusty skin has come off the healing should start to look better. Some one reckoned she could be a m/F cochin x duccle pekin x something! Either way I love her and her colour and her temperament is so sweet. I always thought bantys were a little flighty but she is great!
Necrotic tissue on leg

 

[Sneebsey]

I see now; poor thing must have been struggling with this for some time. Some good advice on your other thread; hibiscrub is good stuff. Are you applying an antiseptic ointment after cleaning? Should help promote new tissue growth to some extent.

Cochin bantams and Pekin are one and the same; Pekin is the British term. I have a little blue-mottled frizzled hen sulking about somewhere; feathery legs is a disadvantage in my set-up, but she's too endearing and characterful to move on. I hope yours will be similar in that respect, once she is fixed up.

 

[CCUK]

I see now; poor thing must have been struggling with this for some time. Some good advice on your other thread; hibiscrub is good stuff. Are you applying an antiseptic ointment after cleaning? Should help promote new tissue growth to some extent.

Cochin bantams and Pekin are one and the same; Pekin is the British term. I have a little blue-mottled frizzled hen sulking about somewhere; feathery legs is a disadvantage in my set-up, but she's too endearing and characterful to move on. I hope yours will be similar in that respect, once she is fixed up.

I got some hibiscrub today and I found some 10% iodine solution in a spray. I don't think I'll use that now though. I have some f10 spray that I'll put on once she has dried after I've bathe her later.
I put some wood chippings down at the beginning of the year and it seems to keep the mud at bay for the best part. That said I have had to replace where I walk into the run but the rest will need doing again in the new year. Something to look forward too!! My Brahmas luckily don't seem to have a problem with mud on there feathers but I keep an eye on them. It's just a real shame about speckle. If only the lady that had her paid a little more attention she wouldn't be in the state she is now. Totally unnecessary.

 

[Sneebsey]

I agree; something that bad, causing her to be unable to walk is not something that can be simply overlooked. Sounds like you're treating her well; After hibiscrub, I've used savlon in a pinch on a hen with her skin peeled down off her back and down her side, and it worked nicely; she even grew feathers there after her moult.

I found that my two BCM cockerels had awful impacted follicles this year, had to clean them out every month or so. I'll be breeding away from feathered legs in the future.

I imagine she will do better in your set-up; less mud compared with free-ranging on a farm.

 

[CCUK]

I agree; something that bad, causing her to be unable to walk is not something that can be simply overlooked. Sounds like you're treating her well; After hibiscrub, I've used savlon in a pinch on a hen with her skin peeled down off her back and down her side, and it worked nicely; she even grew feathers there after her moult.

I found that my two BCM cockerels had awful impacted follicles this year, had to clean them out every month or so. I'll be breeding away from feathered legs in the future.

I imagine she will do better in your set-up; less mud compared with free-ranging on a farm.

Does impacted follicles cause little yellow lumps? Kind of like a spot!

 

[Sneebsey]

Does impacted follicles cause little yellow lumps? Kind of like a spot!

Exactly that, but more tricky to extract in birds as the consistency is like cheese. Stinks like anything, too.

 

[CCUK]

Exactly that, but more tricky to extract in birds as the consistency is like cheese. Stinks like anything, too.

That amongst other things would explain the dead smell when I washed her! How do i clean them out?

 

[Sneebsey]

I'd start by getting some tweezers and pull out the feathers and feather shafts that show swelling at the base. As the area is already suffering from tissue damage, I wouldn't go any further than epsom salt soaks and applications of antiseptic ointment until there is new tissue growth.

I agree with those on the other thread that the necrotic tissue and promoting new growth there is the primary focus for now. She should heal nicely with proper treatment; lucky you got to her in time.

Have you thought of a name for her?

 

[CCUK]

I'd start by getting some tweezers and pull out the feathers and feather shafts that show swelling at the base. As the area is already suffering from tissue damage, I wouldn't go any further than epsom salt soaks and applications of antiseptic ointment until there is new tissue growth.

I agree with those on the other thread that the necrotic tissue and promoting new growth there is the primary focus for now. She should heal nicely with proper treatment; lucky you got to her in time.

Have you thought of a name for her?

I'll try that tomorrow when I give her another soak. My little daughter said we should call her speckle! So that's her name!

 

[JemimaP]

My little bantam is looking very pale. Pale comb and pale skin around her eyes and she’s lost a lot of her long feathers around her neck. Any ideas?