toenail injury

  1. Thorn_shrike

    Almost had a heart attack tucking the girls in last night!!

    *disclaimer* bloody pics, but no actual harm done thank god Every night I do a head count and tuck my girls in and get in some bedtime snuggles before closing up the coop. Last night I went in, looked to the left where the nesting boxes are and saw my big fat chantecler, butter, roosting on the...
  2. jeanineyoder

    Limping and misshapen toenail

    My chicken started limping yesterday. We noticed her toenail is pointing up and looks dead. I don’t know what to do. I have placed her in the garage away from the other chickens. She is 10 months old.
  3. E

    Chicken w/Exposed Quick of Toenail

    Hello! My hen managed to get her toenail caught on a shelf and, while trying to get loose, completely ripped off her toenail, leaving only the quick of her nail remaining. There was very little blood and she didn't break or cut the quick or have any other injuries. She is walking more gingerly...
  4. buffy-the-eggpile-layer

    Rooster Bleeding from Nail Bed - How to get it to stop for good?

    My bantam salmon faverolle looks like he got his toenail caught in something because it's slightly twisted and was bleeding. I got it to stop earlier today and he was fine out in the run, but just a little bit ago when I let them out to free range I noticed he got it started back up. Again, with...
  5. G

    Gander weak, not eating, cannot stand

    Having a gander of approximately 4-5 months old. It had a toenail broken earlier this week and had blood lost. The blood stopped eventually, but as it sometimes raises its foot with the broken nail, I think it hurts to him. Today, the gander could walk earlier, but since a few hours ago, its...
  6. MotherOfChickens

    Toenail injury question

    So my 5 and a half month old Welsummer somehow injured her toenail yesterday. It looks like she somehow cracked the nail causing the quick to bleed. Anyway, I used gauze soaked in ice water as a cold compress then held her toe in cornstarch to stop the bleeding. Once the bleeding was under...
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