Broken Blood Feathers on Foot...should I pull them?

[BeccaSmith]

Hi! I have a Light Brahma who broke a few blood feathers on her foot. The bleeding has stopped but I have been reading it is best to just pull out broken blood feathers because they will jut keep bleeding and continue to be soar. One thread had a link in it on the how and why to do this, but the link was no longer good. I read to take pliers or tweezers and slowly pull the feathers out....my concern is there are at least three blood feathers broken and I know they are really hurting her as she was holding her foot up the last time I saw her and I hope she would cooperate. So should I pull them or just let Mother Nature do her thing and leave them be?

 

[Habibs Hens]

i would pull them out personaly

best way is to wrap hen in towel to control her a bit more

use aniseptic to clean area and pliers first and putt slowly

once removed clean again and wrap for a day or 2 in gauze

 

[BeccaSmith]

i would pull them out personaly

best way is to wrap hen in towel to control her a bit more

use aniseptic to clean area and pliers first and putt slowly

once removed clean again and wrap for a day or 2 in gauze

What type of antiseptic would be best to use on the pliers and on my girl?

 

[Habibs Hens]

any sort that is food safe should be fine or ones used for cuts and grazes

so dettol or TCP or anything like that