Ok, I grabbed my rooster yesterday and caught his leg spine on my finger. It made a small prick. no bleeding. I put a bandaid on it and continued to kill it an two other chickens. pluck, inviserate. then I went to work cutting bushes and pulling roots. My finger swelled up and was painful to move. I soaked it in real hot water with epsom salt. Last night it got more pain. I poked at it with a needle and pulled some skin away and got it to bleed. I then put peroxide on it. today it seemed to be less swollen. Now it is still swollen and warm to the touch. I was planning to soak it in epsom salt again tonight with hot water. I am thinking maybe cold or ice water would be better? what do you think?