bumblefoot advice

So periwinkle has something going on with her foot and as far as I can find, I haven’t seen any cases of bumblefoot that look like hers. Two of her toes are like short and fat with a hard black scab on the tips. We are about to suit up for surgery unless anyone thinks it could be something...

Hello BYC! My Ancona hen, Sergeant Pepper, has been fighting a case of Bumblefoot since last December. She’s about 18 months old. (That’s her in my profile pic at around 5 weeks; she’s my favorite!) For fear of causing more harm than good I opted to take her to a local avian vet to have the...

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...

Hi all, I’ve just taken my male Pekin to the vets to get some antibiotics as he has bumblefoot (again😭). He was weighed at 2.7kg and the vet has prescribed him clindamycin 88mg. She’s put it down for him to have a tablet and a half twice a day, morning and night. Does this seem an excessive...

Okay, so my Buff Orpington has had Bumblefoot for at least a couple of months now. She doesn't show any signs of limping or anything. Gets around fine. I tried soaking a few times and got the scab off and all that in the beginning, but I simply do not have the time to keep doing this. She has it...

Hi everyone, One of my hen is not walking for a couple days. She’s alert, she’s eating and drinking and still bullies the younger chicks who come close to her. She stopped to walk overnight, without a limping phase or whatnot, I don’t know if she was hiding some symptoms so not to look weak. My...

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 everyone :) In March I had to do surgery on all 7 of my chicken's feet for the second time (first time was back in Fall of '22) because they had bumblefoot. Unfortunately there is no poultry vet near me so I had to rely on articles and YouTube videos on how to proceed with the surgery...

A few days ago, I discovered my favorite chicken, a 5-year-old female buff Orpington, has bumblefoot on both her feet (stage 3 or 4). I don’t think her feet are swollen, but she has 2 dark scabs. I’ve noticed she walks a little weird sometimes and might be sleeping a little more than usual...