After following some bad advice the first time, I put together the best products to naturally help relieve bumblefoot the right way. Blu-Kote Vetericyn Prid and some other easy household items Hope this helps!
We just did the same thing you did the first time yesterday to two of our chickens. They are doing fine, but I wasn't able to get any infection out. 🙁 thank you so much for this video. I've been trying to figure out where we should go from there. So grateful!
I'm so happy it's helpful! I couldn't find very much info myself on bumblefoot so i was hoping people would find this. Good luck with your babies! Also, do you have woodchops down as a covering for your chickens assuming they're not free range? We just switched to woodchips and that's taken care of every problem!
We don't, but unless the weather is bad we open the run during the day so they are mostly free range. After watching your video we definitely will be putting some down in there though.
Ive got all the supplies to treat my hens bumble foot. Instead of the V spray (feedstore didnt have any on stock) they told me Iodine is good and better than using Hydrogen peroxide. ?? So I apply the Blucote before applying the iodine and Prid??
I would agree than iodine is better for skin (humans and animals) than hydrogen peroxide is. Some people don't like blu-kote because it's not as natural but it's up to you! You would apply everything before Prid. Prid will be the last thing you put on. You could do soaking, iodine, blu-kote, PLAIN neosporin (without painkillers in it such as "Triple Antibiotic Ointment" as those can be toxic and fatal to chickens), then Prid. Hope this is helpful!
Just wanted to know: you are using the Blu-Kote germicidal and fungicidal, not the Antispetic one (the one with white cap). I’m asking because I see there are three different Blu-Kate sprays and wanted to know if I have to use a specifically one for bumblefoot cases. Also, if the scab is greatly swollen? Do I have to cut it? Or it’s going to deflate with multiple Epsom sault bath?
So I actually stopped using the Blu-Kote as I learned it has ingredients in it that I don't particularly want on my animals but I don't think it matters much which one you choose. After using Prim for a couple weeks, the infection should attach itself to the scab as it's pulled out by the Prim and you can take Tweezers and carefully pull the scab and infection out. But carefully. I'm posting a new video about doing it soon!
@@Hickshomestead_Chelsea Ok thank you very much. I have a hen with bumblefoot right now, she was hiding the symptoms maybe so as not to look weak and I spot the problem only two days ago, with very large swollen under footpad. Epsom Salt baths have already halved it. Now I have to figure out what’s the italian/european equivalent for Prim
@@Hickshomestead_Chelsea yes, but I found it only in US and shipping rates to EU are insane. Anyway PRID seems to be basically an ichtammol ointment plus some omeopathic stuff. It should be easy to find something in pharmacy or some herbalist. Thank you again for you support, I really appreciate.
My chicken has bumble foot I have been treating her it looks good but I don't know why she doesn't walk or stand up for a period of time. Can you please help new to having chicken.
@@Hickshomestead_Chelsea it's been about three days I bought Prid ISO car in Epsom salt for about 10 minutes I put antibiotic ointment on her she's been eating very well the last 3 days but this morning when we woke up she's hardly eating or drinking
Staph is hard to fix in chickens and can take quite a while! You could try calling a vet that deals with chickens. After a week more or so of doing the treatments you could try to use Tweezers and gently pull the scab off. The infection should come off with it since you're using Prid. Just be careful and stop if you think it's not ready.
@@Hickshomestead_Chelsea okay I'll keep doing the treatment for another few days and see what happens thank you for your time I really appreciate you answering me have a great day
I didn't remove it because previously I had tried to by some bad advice and had hurt her more so I decided to let the wounds I made heal before I took the scabs off the proper way. We did end up culling her because the staph spread throughout her body and since that'd infectious, we didn't want to risk losing the whole flock. But it is possible to fix it if you catch it before it gets too bad. It's usually necessary to remove the scab when the infection is big like that! Hope this helps!
Can you tell me signs and symptoms of staph infection spreading? My leader of the flock has bumble foot and a swollen abdomen. This is my first time encountering either of these issues.
In a situation like this, the whole infection isn't going to come out on its own so by removing the scab you can physically take the infection underneath out.
