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Hello hope someone knows what this is and what to do. My Rooster has had a swolen foot for several months. My first thought was Bumblefoot but no bumble but I treated him anyway I soaked, got antibotic from vet IM, packed with iodine, neosporin and treated it for 2 months no improvement. So I decided he had scale mites, his scales were sticking out (of course his foot was so swolen) I soaked, put vasiline on for a long time, just got worse. So after not looking at it for a couple weeks, I looked at it today and hopefully you can see from the pics, he has a nasty place on the side of his foot and a nasty place on top. I tried to dig some of the puss out but just got blood and pieces of his bone from the toes big chunks. I packed with neo and got on line. If I have to put him down I will but I would rather not if I can do something. I can not fine a vet that does chickens. Please help if you can!  
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Wish I could help, but I'm not a poultry person. Hopefully someone else will jusmp in with some info.
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| Thanks for the support, I have faith someone can help.
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| Hey TerriL, do you mind if I print pics and see if some of the chicken people around here know what it is? The hole in the foot...was that where you put the needle in or was it there before? Do you let them free range in or around wire?
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| Hi Cweick, No that isnt where I put the needle. On top of the foot under the scales it has had an infection or something for a long time and it seems to be eating the bone. The hold on the side is new I just noticed it last night. The chickens do free range quite a bit but not wire. You can print the pics if you like, I tried to take some better ones but I couldnt hold the chicken still for very long.
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| Hey you....I'll print them out and bring it to the co-op on Monday w/me. I'm sure someone down there has better knowledge then me. How long has this been going on? To be honest, if it's eating the bone you got some sort of bad infection going on. Since it's a roo, have you tried the anitbodics in the water? Is he with the flock or do you have him by himself? If he is by himself, what kind of floor is he on? Can he move his toes? Did you get the PM I sent you on Saturday mornig?
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| Did I suggested to you a snake or spider bite? Can you wrap the foot? If so take an onion dice it and put around the hole and wrap. See if the onion will help draw out the infection. I had a spider bite on my leg and the someone told me to cut a thick slice of onion (white) and slash the slice place on top of the bite and vet wrap it. It took three days but it worked. That was during Hurricane "K" and we could go no wheres the main road was block by trees for 4 days.
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Sounds to me like you have Bumblefoot which is similar to foot rot in other livestock. Its simply a bacteria infection affecting the rooster's foot. Since the bacteria that causes this is always present once brought to a farm, the infected roo might have picked it up as he free-ranged.
You could easily rule Bumblefoot out if your place has never had livestock before you got it, or if its a new home, ever had livestock pastured there. If your place had cows, sheep, goats, chickens or turkeys, prior to you getting there, then that might be the culprit. It certainly sounds like poultry bumblefoot from the little bit I read about it online anyway. ???
I would cull the rooster now if it was me, but if you want to avoid the kill, it did say online that bumblefoot can be treated with tetracyline's. (just as you treat sheep, cows and goats, etc with tetryclies). I just checked my package of Duramyicin and it IS compatible with chickens and gives you the dosage. Its about $4 per package and looks like it would treat about a million chickens at the dosage they recommend. Any livestock place has it. It says continue for 7-14 days with a withdrawal time of 4 days.
At the very least I would give him some Duramicin to help kill the infection then go from there. Just remember, if it is bumblefoot then he is spreading the bacterai around to your other chickens if they are free-ranging too.
I love vegetarians...slice them real thin, dip them in ranch dressing and they compliment lamb quite well! :-)
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| Cweick I did get you post from Sat., He has been like this for 5 months or so. I have him in a house with another roo that had a similar problem but just in a toe, pretty much after I got all the destroyed bone and infection out and 2 weeks of neo and he is fine toe is pretty much gone. There was never any evidence of a wound, the first symptom I noticed was the swelling of the foot and on top of one toe raised scales and it was black underneath. I treated him for 2 months for bumble but never found a bumble. The hole on the side of his foot is very new, I dont know if he has been pecking at it but that is a piece eaten bone coming out of the hole. No puss just pieces of bone. When I treat him I put gauze over the holes and wrap with horse wrap so it stays clean.
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