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So, on Wednesday, poor Little Nancy was limping really badly. I caught her and looked at her foot (a pretty hard thing to do!) and found that she had bumblefoot. This had gone past normal bumblefoot, though, as the scab had come off and her foot was bleeding. I stuck her in the entryway for a little, and went to get my supplies. I cleaned it off, sprayed it with microbial spray, and bandaged it up. The situation was complicated by Delaware, who was running around in the house, worrying everybody. I let her into the entryway as well, and put her on a bucket behind me. She started trying to get on my back as I was treating Little Nancy's foot, but finally she got onto the garbage can, and stopped bothering me. I finally got Little Nancy's foot all bandaged up and duct taped, as the vet wrap doesn't stick well enough. After all that, she was panting, and way too hot, as it was 95°F or so outside. The bandage stayed on through the rest of the day and night, and I changed it the next morning, without Delaware complicating things. I found a much better way to hold her, too, which made it a lot easier. I've found that some chickens love being held with their heads facing inwards, instead of out. So I just let her stand on the floor, and stick her head under my arm. She stayed there pretty still for the whole duration, and didn't seem to care what I was doing to her. She got mealworms afterwards, which made the whole situation much happier for her. This morning, her bandage came off for good, and she wasn't limping at all. Yay!
I took the animal pics at the fair; they're not mine. Though I so wanted to take the guinea pig home!
The chickens are all well, but Bukky is starting to molt, and is very cranky. 
