Black Cochin with red toes

[motherhen2012]

My son has a 5 month cochin who began laying a week ago. She had a soft-shelled egg on Friday and we began working on increasing her calcium and observing her for possible stress. Yesterday (Tues.) I noticed that there was a great deal of her feathers on the floor of the coop. Her companion a BA has become top hen of the pair and figured there may have been issues leading to the change of rank. Then this morning I noticed that his cochin refused to leave the coop, more feathers, and now I noticed the tops of 2 toes on each foot is bright red. Have read that in some breeds this is normal for age and development but is this normal for a black cochin? The toes are not swollen just bright red on top (hard to see though with all of the feathering). Thank you for everyone's time and assistance.

 

[motherhen2012]

On a side note, we have had an extremely wet season. And the cochin is allowed to move about on those days. The run is covered fully but the grass is still moist. There are no mud balls on her feet but they are damp.

 

[TeamChaos]

Any chance you can post a pic?

 

[motherhen2012]

sorry for the late response, both of my kids have been sick this week. here are the pictures we took today, the one isn't as clear as I would have hoped but it will give everyone an idea of where it is.not all of the toes have the redness on top so i took a picture of only those that are affected.