Sick Chicken, too.

KimChick · Post by **KimChick** » Sat Dec 31, 2016 1:34 pm

Here we are again with a sick chicken. This time, though, it's different. Not bumblefoot. It is a case of an ankle bracelet (to ID a treated-for-bumblefoot) kept on too long. An end part of the bracelet had punctured her skin, causing an infection and swollen foot. Poor little thing has been in the house, in a large cardboard box for a few days, now. We have been bathing her feet & ankles in warm water with Epsom salts and a bit of soap, then dressing it with Polysporin and wrapped. She seems to be getting better and putting her weight on her foot, at times.

Post by **Killerbunny** » Sat Dec 31, 2016 1:35 pm

Sounds like you're doing the right things.

KimChick · Post by **KimChick** » Sat Dec 31, 2016 1:37 pm

Killerbunny wrote:QR_BBPOST Sounds like you're doing the right things.

Oh good. Thanks.

windwalkingwolf · Post by **windwalkingwolf** » Sat Dec 31, 2016 1:58 pm

Aw

was it a spiral band, kind of like a piece of spring coil? Those are famous for poking skin and sometimes lodging in flesh.

KimChick · Post by **KimChick** » Thu Jan 05, 2017 1:08 pm

Yes, that be the kind. We will know not to keep them on that long again, if we need to ID particular hens.
I started a new post about this same hen re: isolation time.