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I would think that any new "bubble" that forms needs to be lanced, very small incision, and drained and cleaned.

I'm not a vet and I don't want to give any advice going against a vet - BUT....in my experience any further soaking slows or prevents healing. I find their skin and tissue needs air and to be able to dry to heal. I also never give antibiotics only because I find they heal just fine on their...

No don't take his foot off. You might need to lance any new swelling or "blister" and let it drain. When the infection is new, it is still liquid and drainable. But I would just let it start to dry and heal, left uncovered. I have used a dry powder called Wound Powder (or something similar)...

I'm thinking that was it. The pad looked o.k. in first photos.

Good job!!! That's what a bunch of abcessed infection looks like. You can cut into it and see if there is a piece of bone in the middle - kind of looks like it. Which would mean that something happened to the toenail and/or toe and it got infected and just kept getting bigger and bigger. If...

It sounds like you aren't getting it all out. From what I read the tip of the toe was just swollen tissue and blood and you didn't find any "cheesey stuff" till you got near the pad. You may have to cut more/longer in the area where you found the stuff and that may mean cutting into the pad...

Quote: No Terri - on the BOTTOM of the toe. The top of the toe would have scales and bone. Go under the toe, where it is swollen most, the pinkish area. And soaking in Epsom salt alone almost never works with an infection. Soak, slice, dig out infection if its there, and continue soaking...

Quote: No Terri - on the BOTTOM of the toe. The top of the toe would have scales and bone. Go under the toe, where it is swollen most, the pinkish area. And soaking in Epsom salt alone almost never works with an infection. Soak, slice, dig out infection if its there, and continue soaking...

It looks to me as if he lost a toe nail and then got an infection in the toe. In any event, it is swelling and most likely full of infection. The thing is, when a chicken gets an infection, it is NOT liquid pus and will not drain out nor can it be extracted with a needle. It will be hard and...