[CHICKENS-101] Bumble Foot?

 

I have 4 Ameracauna/Easteregger hens. One a couple years old and 3 from spring hatch. My daughter picked up the older one and noticed the pad of her feet have a little dark sore a little bigger than a  pencil lead on each one. She is not limping, and it does not look red but may be slightly swollen. I checked the others and they have something smaller with no swelling/redness.

They are on clean pine shavings in their house and are out in the yard for grass/bugs all day. We have had lots of rain the past week or more and compost and other areas are staying a little soggy. Do you think this is bumble foot? I cleaned her feet and put antibiotic ointment on them.

I read online about treatment but wondering if anything else can cause this. I am thinking I should soak their feet and apply antibiotic twice daily and monitor. The is not the large amount of swelling I saw online so maybe caught it early enough? How often do you give your chickens the once over to check for problems?

Blessings,
Cheryl
Cove, Texas
east of Houston

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