Bumblefoot meets Honey!!! Dun dun dun...

I have been treating a hen for bumblefoot for most of summer. It got bad when I was out of town, and when I came home I was horrified at how it looked. Thus began the long treatment. I lanced, drained, rinsed, moved her into a tractor on grass instead of the normal henhouse. Antibiotics in water, etc. Nothing seemed to help the inflammation and swelling until I decided to bandage with unpasturized, organic honey. I left the bandage on for 5 or 6 days, and voila! Almost no swelling is left, the skin looks healthy and there is no pus accumulating! Woohoo! I didn't do daily bandage changes because studies with humans has shown that it takes longer for tissue to regrow when it's disturbed by daily bandage changes as compared to every 3 - 5 day bandage changes.

Hurray for honey!

That is the best kind of feedback! The "been there, did that, and it WORKED!" kind. Glad you found a natural remedy and that your hen is on the mend. That's awesome!

I've also had some great success using pure unpasturized honey on cuts and wounds.

Thats fantastic! We actually keep some in the vet clinic I work at and use it on certian wounds. It works great and is nice that its natural.

Anne

I don't think anyone should leave home without some of those little restuarant honey packs in their vehicle emergency kit. Yes, it's pasturized, but still, the healing qualities of honey are vastly under-reported.

I am glad to hear of your success. The nice thing about using honey on a chicken is they don't lick it off. Fear that they are being marinated in prep for the BBQ also aids in a speedy healing!

Honey! How could I have forgotten!

Going to go outside right now and lather up my silver hen’s (still) slightly infected foot with the golden good stuff. Thank you Briarwood.

Well who woulda thought something so common and simple would be the magical cure! I've heard of using honey for wounds, but just never gave it a try. I will certainly be keeping this in mind for future reference.

im treating one of my hens right now for Bumblefoot, too! she has it in both feet. im using betadine (iodine solution) on her feet and i have been injecting baytril in to the foot! hoping it gets better!

awesome!!