I have been searching all over and ran across a thread that showed a chicken with "shoes" on to help with bumblefoot treatment. They looked like pinkish foam "pads" that the chickens foot was standing on, and they had yellow vetrap going around them to hold the pad to the chicken's feet. Like making snowshoes from a tennis racket and some duct tape...
I can't seem to find the picture again, wanted to show my husband as we have THREE chickens with bad bumblefoot, and we cannot keep them in a clean/dry place to keep their feet clean after treating them. We just aren't equipped. There are 2 in a box on our back porch and we have tried to treat them some, but I just can't keep up with them due to my husband and I both having some health issues. If we could do the soaks and treatments and then make sure the feet stay CLEAN with the shoes, I think we might actually win the battle!!!
Someone in one thread mentioned "craft foam" or those pool floaty foam tube thingies cut up to make the pads, but I'm not "crafty" at all - I really wish I could show my hubby a picture of the chicken's shoes that I saw late last night, but I CAN'T FIND IT anymore.
Anyone with pictures of home-made "chicken shoes", can you link me to them? Or post a reply with the pic included? THANKS IN ADVANCE!!!
I can't seem to find the picture again, wanted to show my husband as we have THREE chickens with bad bumblefoot, and we cannot keep them in a clean/dry place to keep their feet clean after treating them. We just aren't equipped. There are 2 in a box on our back porch and we have tried to treat them some, but I just can't keep up with them due to my husband and I both having some health issues. If we could do the soaks and treatments and then make sure the feet stay CLEAN with the shoes, I think we might actually win the battle!!!
Someone in one thread mentioned "craft foam" or those pool floaty foam tube thingies cut up to make the pads, but I'm not "crafty" at all - I really wish I could show my hubby a picture of the chicken's shoes that I saw late last night, but I CAN'T FIND IT anymore.
