bumble foot surgery

Hey folks. So bumblefoot is one ailment I've always struggled to treat within my flock, and I've never been able to find a way to do it successfully after many difficult (and mildly traumatic attempts) but finally, I've discovered the secret. A, dare I say it, EASY way! I've done this on 3 feet...

Rose was a silver Appleyard female, one of four females (the golden girls) just at 9 months. There is another SA and two buff orpington. Not sure why she passed I know it's almost impossible to tell (outside of obvious signs) and she looked normal/ was acting normal Two nights ago, we did a...

Blanche is a 9 month old silver Appleyard (a big one; the only duck i have larger is my big male Pekin) While dealing with another ducks possible foot issue, i had neglected checking the feet of the four youngest four maybe 3 or 4 weekd as they've never had problem and i wasnt worried. Enter...

Hi there. I've had my flock for a few years now and bumblefoot cases have been far and few between. Today I went and checked my birds, and I probably have like 5-6 with it now! What did I do wrong? I try to keep the coop clean, it's usually not muddy (unless excess rain, and it's very large! I...

Hi community, Last night I noticed a black spot on each of my hen's feet. I called the vet but she isn't available until next month. Do you know what is this? If it's Bumblefoot, what stage would it be? I could try to address it if it's stage 1 or 2 but wouldn't feel comfortable if I have to...

I’ve attached a photo of bumblefoot I discovered today. I’ve never had a chicken with bumblefoot before, so I’m uncertain how to tell if I will need to remove it with a scalpel, or if soaking and wrapping daily will allow it to heal.

Hi all, Thank you for all of the support on my last thread. I have some photos of his feet and I believe he has bumblefoot, but I have not seen it like this before. I am wondering you guys believe i should cut off the dead tissue or leave it be. Thank you!

So after my 2 Cayuga had bad bumblefoot last fall (they recovered fully from antibiotics and treatment, no actual surgery or cutting) I have been more vigilant in checking them. Lilith the female has shown a new case (we've had a ton of rain and the 3 ducks in this cohort have been spending...

Hi all, I have a Rhode Island Red hen who has bumble foot. I was sick and hadn't been out to check on them for a few days. Her foot is swollen to twice the size it normally is. I found what I believe is the scab. I have never treated bumble foot before but I have read a lot about it. I am going...

Hello all! My hen Fall has bumblefoot on her toe. Just noticed it today. She didnt limp at all or show any sign just a bump. I quickly put her in a Epson salt bath for 30 minutes then tried removing the scab. Then there was just more of it. I picked for about 45 minutes before it was getting to...

Hey, first time posting here myself. My jumbo pekin got bad bumblefoot and the vet prescribed antiobiotics that she’s been on but it continued getting worse. I’ve lanced it a few times to remove large amounts of pus, but the vet said eventually her bone looked moth eaten and like a firework had...

Been working with the rooster ever since my last post. I removed the black spots on his feet and found infection and kernels beneath, and removed most of what I could- but I am stumped with the current one. It is on the top of his back toe, and has swollen quite oddly(and became quite hard in...

We’ve had to do bumble foot surgery on chickens before, however, usually they have the telltale Black scab on the bottom of their foot so we’re able to soak the foot to pull the scab off and squeeze it out. This one’s a little bit more tricky because there is no black scab. Any advice on whether...

I noticed my pekin girl was limping a little, and when I checked her feet, I found that her foot pad was the size of a golf ball and had a huge scab on it. I immediately did surgery on it. First I soaked her feet in warm water and epsom salt for about 15 min. I then peeled off as much as I could...

One hen and one roo had bumble foot on both feet. We started with surgery on one foot each. The roos toe healed up completely and the hen's foot was looking really good so we decided to do their other feet. I'm not sure whether or not the hen is healing. Her foot from before started to get a...

My rooster had bumblefoot on two toes. We did one surgery and that toe completely healed so we went ahead and did the other one about a week and a half ago. We could not get his toe to stop bleeding and accidentally tied the wrap too tight. His toe looked really good when we changed the wrap the...

Hello, I have no vets nearby who are willing to take in chickens and my young rooster haa bumblefoot. I am wondering what the severity of his bumblefoot currently is and how best to treat it. I'm posting a picture of it so that hopefully someone can enlighten me. Thanks in advance!!

so my rooster is 2.5 years old, hes pretty healthy and fine however almost a month ago, i noticed the bumblefoot on both of his leg and searched up on google about it and it got me very worried because it said bumblefoot can grow into chickens bones and body and kills them, which made me get on...

Hello chicken friends! This is my first post on this site. We have 7 chickens (2 Easter eggers, 2 barred rocks, 3 green queens) and they are about 10 months old. All of them have black scabs on the bottoms of their feet. Most are small. After researching and watching 30+ YouTube surgery videos...

Hey guys! So I have a question about bumblefoot - I originally treated it about 6 weeks ago (dug out the infection, foot soak, polysporin, wrapped the foot for a week etc). Two of my girls had it on both feet. Their feet no longer seem red or swollen, but the scabs are there on 3 of the 4 feet I...