PLEASE HELP! Chickens foot fell off!

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Poultry love said:
Hi I had the same thing happen to me but it was my muscovy duck bubba. His foot was black then I went down today and he had not foot. I was freaking out. Does anyone know what it is?
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It ended up being frostbite. My hen's toes got wet and then she went out in the cold, so her toes got frostbite. Now my hen has only half of all her toes fallen off. Your duck should be fine as long as there isn't any bleeding or anything, he should still be able to walk okay. The only problem I would see is how can a duck swim with one foot?
 
Hi. I had a batch of young chicks that I took out into the barn. For a few nights it was pretty cold in there, even with a heater running, and heat lights constantly on. I decided to bring them in the porch till it warmed up some more. I went to check on them, and one Americana fell over on her side. I scooped her up and brought her in the house. I put her in the tank with all of the newest chicks. This way she could get back on her feet without being picked on. She has never been the same. Her feet turned black, and really hard. Today I went to give fresh water and food, and discovered a foot. One of her feet fell off. She is doing ok. She will spend the rest if her life as a house chicken, being a guardian to all the new chicks that I incubate. She seems to love the babies.
 
LooneyGoonie said:
Sorry to hear about your bird. I know exactly how you feel. I had a guinea who got frostbitten feet and I didn't notice until they were hard and black. I brought him inside and had to hand feed and water him for several weeks until he was able to eat and drink by himself. I'm not sure how long it was before his feet fell off, more like flew off because I was holding him as he kicked to try to get away. Anyhow, he had only a stump on one leg and his toes up to the first "kunckle" on his other foot. He lived about 2 more years after that. The only issue I had was that he had to live in a cage in the house in the winter because he couldn't take the cold weather we have.

In this picture, the parts of his toes that are black are what fell off. The rest of his legs and feet were fine. He ended up being able to run and keep up with the other guinea I had.
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I think that's what's going on with my rooster! His toes are black and look like that with the swollen knuckles too!
I think I might want to amputate his toes because I don't know how I will react to a toe in the coop!! What do I do? Thx to anyone who replies!!!!!
 

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