[dennis]

 :(one of the hens has bumble foot if the treatment of spirits & germalene doesn't work & it needs lancing will the bird need anaesthetic or can it be lanced with out

[NormandyMary]

Ive done it many times, without, but during an antiseptic footbath. You chook really will need antibiotics though, and quickly. I bought a scalpel from the pharmacy. plucked up courage and off I went. It then had to be sprayed with antibiotic spray, as well as the chook having oral antibios.

I wish you the very best of luck!!

[bantam novice]

Good Luck, Dennis.  I would completely agree with Normandy Mary that you need to consider antibiotics asap.

[dennis]

 :)do i have to go to a vet for the antibiotics or can i get them from somebody else

[joyfull]

only vets can issue a prescription for antibiotics.

[dennis]

i will have to try and find a chicken friendly vet

[joyfull]

where abouts are you? Any vet should be able to look up bumble foot and sort out the correct medication.

[joyfull]

have you looked at this link:-
http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=26140.0

there may be a vet on this list near you 

[Hayley'sHens]

Dennis is in Manchester (He's my dad) Mum has searched the net and come up with a few poultry friendly vets this afternoon, So he's going to make an appointment 

where abouts are you? Any vet should be able to look up bumble foot and sort out the correct medication.

[joyfull]

let us know how he gets on 

[Foghorn-Leghorn]

If your vet doesn't stock any suitable antibiotics they can always write you a prescription then you can get them ordered from a vet meds type website - it can work out cheaper too.

Good luck and I hope your chook is better soon.

[dennis]

 :)no nothing on that list my daughter took her's to pet at home in stockport he gave her the antibiotic but he did't know a lot about poulty but it was reasonably priced

 not used to taking chickens to the vet when i had them last it was about 30 years ago and you either got them better on your own or you dispatched them
i guess things hav changed over the last 30 years or so

[dennis]

 :)she is at the vets today will let you all know what she said

[NormandyMary]

Any news dennis?

Mary.

[dennis]

 :(its b/f 10 days of antibiotics i've got to keep the foot bandaged and dry then back to the vets in 10 days the good news was it wasn't so bad that it needed lancing but if that wasn't bad i'd hate to see a bad one this was my first time in seeing b/f in all the years of keeping chickens 
so another 10 days in the kitchen for her