Cracked claw/talon, bleeding. Should I be concerned?

[MichiganWoods]

I think this little guy (or girl... there's barely any comb at week 4-5) managed to scrape its way up my little single-chicken pen in the coop while I was out there giving them red worms for the first time. That was amusing! But then I came in and checked out the photos and saw this...

Blood. Should I be concerned? I already have red lights in the coop - that's the only color light they have at night, but during the day they get natural daylight through the windows.

 

[Jenski]

Do you have anything on hand to stop the bleeding? Bleeding from broken toenails can be a nasty business, and hard to stop. If you keep a powder for this, I'd use it. Otherwise try a bit of pressure until you are sure the bleeding is stopped.

. . . or you could try the old farm trick of using cobwebs to staunch the bleeding.

Good luck, and keep us posted.

 

[MichiganWoods]

Is this a common occurrence? If so I'd better stock up on medical supplies...

I'm thinking. No sort of powders... I try hard to keep my cobwebs gone (not a big fan of spiders). Guess I'll be out in the coop for a while holding the birdie. Don't know how it will deal with that. I typically go in there and hang out with them, but don't try and pick them up. I let them walk over to me and stand on my boots and all that, but sudden movements scare the crud out of them.