What the heck.....3 girls have bumblefoot!!?!!

[blueberrychickens]

DH noticed the other day that one of the girls was limping. That girl had decided July was the time to go BROODY...(ugh) so today before work I dunked her in the bucket of cold water in an attempt to break her of the broodiness. While I had her confined to the bucket, I took a closer look at her foot. One of them is swollen w/ a large abcess,

the other just has the black spot on it, w no swelling. So I thought it would be wise to check the other girls & lo & behold, 2 other girls have the begining of bumble foot.

So off to the store for some first aid supplies, epsom salts, vet wrap etc......
From what I've read on here, I need to soak their feet in the epsom salts, trying to get the black scab off, wrapping the foot up w/ some anti biotic cream on it & vet wrap. Is there anything else I need to do? I have the broody girl separated in a dog crate for now. Should the other 2 be separated too??
& I thought I was going to go on vacation tmrw.......

 

[dawg53]

Here's a youtube video for you regarding bumblefoot surgery, there might be other videos as well:

 

[blueberrychickens]

Oh wow......I know I need to do this, but I might toss my cookies if I do!

I will give it a try on Thurs when we get back from the mini vacation. I'll let you know how it goes.

 

[blueberrychickens]

Well, I did it today. I only did one foot today. I didn't want to over stress her. I didn't see any cheesy stuff or any plug. Got the main calloused part off, squeezed the foot, nothing came out. Put on a bandage w/ antibiotic cream & hopefully she's gonna be ok. I'll do the other foot later in the week.