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| The patient in recovering room |
Another chicken buddy, SeaBass, sent me these gross pictures (don't say I didn't warn you) of this chicken who had a bad case of bumblefoot. It pretty much is an infection on the chickens foot and can be caused by a number of things. I am sure that the dirt and feces the chickens walk in can take a small thing like a thorn or splinter and make it much worse. His chicken was lethargic and not acting normal. Dr. SeaBass bought a scalpel online and did some home surgery.
I ordered a scalpel just to have it handy if I ever have to perform other surgery as well. I had one chicken die a while ago because she had an impacted crop. If you have any chickens that are lethargic this is a symptom of impacted crop. Amazing what you learn!
He ended up finding a thorn in the wound. He cleaned it and wrapped it up and the chicken was better a few days later.
So, just keep this in mind and check your chickens feet every now and then, or if they act a bit more weird then normal chickens do. :)
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| Successful surgery |
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| The thorn that caused the bumblefoot |
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