Is this bumblefoot?

[Zig]

Okay, so long story short this is my first ever case of bumble foot. Which shouldn't surprise me since Sapphire here seems to be my disaster baby. Everything that can go wrong, goes wrong with her. For instance, no she's not a bantam, she just came out that small.

Anyways I'm 99.99% certain this is bumble foot even though I can't find a scab, just raw skin as you can see in photo number 2. What I need to know is how bad it is and if I need to get her to a vet asap, or if I can still handle this at home with my med kit and a some daily soaking on her part.

 

[Eggcessive]

It does look like she has a black scab on her foot pad in the right picture. The swelling in the first picture is probably a continuation of that infection. There are several ways of treating bumblefoot. You can jump to the surgery, or treat conservatively with soaking, softening the scabs, and opening them to squeeze out any pus inside. You can use a drawing salve such as Prid or Betadine mixed with sugar, and wrap the foot in a dressing. Dressings may include gauze pads, Telfa (non-adherent pads,) gauze roll, and vet wrap. Some use a piece of pool noodle or other padding for the foot. You can do a lot of research on thes methods. I do think that the swollen area on top of the toe may need to be lances and squeezed eventually, no matter which treatment you do.

 

[Eggcessive]

Here are a couple of articles about bumblefoot:
https://the-chicken-chick.com/bumblefoot-causes-treatment-warning/

https://poultrydvm.com/condition/bumblefoot

 

[Zig]

I'm sorry, I panicked so much yesterday that I forgot to say thank you.

Thank you so much. The links helped me get the calm that I needed in order to help my flock. Sapphire wasn't the only one with bumblefoot, Goldie and Little Miss (the hen formerly Nugget, which I mean makes her sound like Prince, but she never responded to Nugget... not that any of that matters much, anyways) both had decent sized scabs on their foot pads. They're all among the group that likes to hop off of the hieghest roost into the run without breaking by using the ramp or platform on top of the waterer and feeder to hop down safely. So I'm gonna lower the roost bars to make it easier on all of my girls.

I admit that whatever is going on with Saphy is above my head. I don't have it in me to lance her leg, because I don't want to make things worse with my lack of skills. I have a steady hand, but this is my first time having to do something like this so I don't know where to cut, and while I can call my vet friend. Everything's just been complicated lately because I've been sick as a dog.

That said I know it needs to be done, so I'm going take to the vet as soon as I'm done checking everyone else again because I almost missed the second infection on Goldie's right foot, because the one on the left was pebble sized and threw me off.

Nobody is limping, and they're all moving around; which is great. The roosts are solid with no splinters, the run is mostly sand with some soil and oyster shells in it (they always mess up the feeder that holds the oyster shells and like to bathe in them, not sure why, but they do), so the main issue seems to be the height of the roosts. Which I can fix with a drill.

Goldie and Nugget are recovering fine so far, and unless I can get a vet or someone with experience to check Saphy and tell me where to cut and how to fix things, then she's going to the only chicken doc I know of that's in town. Which will likely cost more than a whole new chicken, but she's my baby and irreplaceable so, yeah, that's where I'm at. Regardless, thanks again, you helped me so much.