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I will only use BluKote on a scrape or when a chickens needs a reddened area disguised or covered up, such as when the head or vent feathers are pulled out. For deeper wounds the betadine or vetericyn should be used. BluKote does sting because of the alcohol, and it also contains gentian...

Sorry for the typo--I meant that Betadine or Vetericyn are good (not food) antiseptics for treating wounds.

I have only experienced a chicken losing a nail once, and she kept jumping up and over the 4 foot chainlink fence when she was penned. The nail was hanging, and I clipped it off. It was very painful to her for about a week. The nail never grew back, so her toe looked a bit clubbed from then...