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I mentioned the old hen that had lost all her toe nails over her lifetime. The main reason she lost the nails was due to landing heavily on the floor after coming off a roost that was a bit too high for her. I finally figured out the problem and made a low perch for her. You might make it a...

No, nails will not grow back once the entire nail detaches from the nail bed. But they can get along okay without a few. I had a Light Brahma hen who lived to age fourteen. By the time she died, she had lost all of her toenails. It never seemed to hamper her existence.

As chickens grow older, they are apt to lose a toe nail or two along the way. It can bleed when it comes off, but this is not a serious injury. What you do want to do, though, is to spare the chicken suffering the acute pain of a dangling nail. If you've ever had a hang nail, you know how much...