Broken toenail

[Willow2253]

One of my hens broke her toenail on the ice the other day, there’s less than a quarter of an inch of the nail left. Obviously it went down to the quick and it’s been bleeding. The problem is it’s been 4 days now and it still bleeds. I cleaned, used vet spray, and bandaged it the first night when I discovered the injury. The next day it bled a little, and I changed the bandage before bed that night. It was fine all day yesterday so I left it alone last night and went to check it out this morning, and as soon as I started taking the bandage off it was bleeding heavily again. She hasn’t been using the foot as much and stands on one leg a lot, I assume because it hurts. Anything else I should be doing? Or is this just going to take some time to heal?

 

[cinnamoncockatiel]

Cornstartch will stop the bleeding.

 

[cinnamoncockatiel]

Pictures?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

One of my hens broke her toenail on the ice the other day, there’s less than a quarter of an inch of the nail left. Obviously it went down to the quick and it’s been bleeding. The problem is it’s been 4 days now and it still bleeds. I cleaned, used vet spray, and bandaged it the first night when I discovered the injury. The next day it bled a little, and I changed the bandage before bed that night. It was fine all day yesterday so I left it alone last night and went to check it out this morning, and as soon as I started taking the bandage off it was bleeding heavily again. She hasn’t been using the foot as much and stands on one leg a lot, I assume because it hurts. Anything else I should be doing? Or is this just going to take some time to heal?

If you can get some photos.

Probably when pulling off the wrappings/bandages you are taking the scab off too.
I would stop the blood and see if it will clot, then leave it unwrapped.
I normally do nothing for broken nails and don't see them bleed after they form a clot, so you may need to cage her for a day to limit activity.

 

[Willow2253]

It’s wrapped up right now so I can’t get a photo at the moment. I’ll take it off tonight though and see if it’ll stop on it’s own. If not I’ll take her inside. Thanks!

 

[Willow2253]

Here’s a pic. Everyone else had gone to bed but she was hiding outside so I took the bandage off and put her on the roost. No more blood, which seems like a good sign. I tried to get some of that dirt and dried blood off but she didn’t want me to.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Here’s a pic. Everyone else had gone to bed but she was hiding outside so I took the bandage off and put her on the roost. No more blood, which seems like a good sign. I tried to get some of that dirt and dried blood off but she didn’t want me to. View attachment 2471702

I would check it in the morning just to make sure it's not bleeding again.
A broken nail like that is really tender.

If you don't mind, can you get some photos of her legs? She has some raised scales on her legs? Once her toe is not so tender, I would rub some vaseline under and into the scales of her legs. Check out your other birds too.

 

[Willow2253]

No more bleeding today. She’s still limping a little bit I expect that’ll continue until the nail grows back out some. Here’s pics of her legs. They do look dry and kind of flakey. My other Rhode Island Red has a little bit of that going on too, but everyone else looks normal.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Glad it's not bleeding anymore.
The legs look mostly dry. It won't hurt to rub a little vaseline on them ever couple of weeks if you wish.

 

[AGeese]

No more bleeding today. She’s still limping a little bit I expect that’ll continue until the nail grows back out some. Here’s pics of her legs. They do look dry and kind of flakey. My other Rhode Island Red has a little bit of that going on too, but everyone else looks normal.

Hope it all worked out, just going through threads like these and your issue was the closest to what I experienced today with one of my pullets. I washed her feet and dipped the toe in baking soda like you would with a dog nail that was clipped back to the quick.

But now I'm hearing cornstarch is recommended.