Help me help Popeye

[KingCluck45]

I am excited to join this forum. I have had chickens for about 10 years. I have the greatest rooster ever. Me and the kiddos hatched him, he's great with everyone, comes when we call him, a gem of a roo. Recently we have had several predator attacks. Lost a few hens but as a group they faired ok. Popeye and the girls looked very ruffled a few times but I never saw any injuries when I checked them over. Anyway I noticed he had a toe with what I guess looks like a toenail falling off. The toenail was black but the rest of his toe looking surprisingly healthy. You could see red flesh where it was coming apart of the toe. His foot looks good otherwise, not hot to the touch, no smell, swelling, drainage or black spots I have had a few cases of the dreaded bumble foot doesn't look like that to me. (Maybe it's denial) I took some pictures. But it was before I cleaned it and it doesn't give an accurate view of it. By the end he wasn't feeling photos and my assistant disappeared. He was favoring it just a little bit it would be easy to miss it. I cleaned it and sprayed it with Vetamicine. I just found it and was looking for some advice. What can I do to help him. I am going to add the photo to give a little bit of an idea. After it was cleaned the toe had no black on it at all.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Welcome To BYC

I'm sorry to hear you lost some to a predator.

The nail looks to have had some mud/debris accumulation on it, which I assume you were able to remove. When you can, please post photos of the whole foot (top/bottom) and toe since you've cleaned it up.

He may benefit from a daily foot soak in an epsom salts bath. Hard to know if the foot should be wrapped at this point. Using the Vetericyn is fine. Keep him on clean dry bedding.

 

[BoundlessLove]

Welcome to Backyard Chickens!
X2 about Episode salts
It may help.

 

[KingCluck45]

Welcome To BYC

I'm sorry to hear you lost some to a predator.

The nail looks to have had some mud/debris accumulation on it, which I assume you were able to remove. When you can, please post photos of the whole foot (top/bottom) and toe since you've cleaned it up.

He may benefit from a daily foot soak in an epsom salts bath. Hard to know if the foot should be wrapped at this point. Using the Vetericyn is fine. Keep him on clean dry bedding.

Thank you, I will get a better one tomorrow it really is a horrible picture. I am going to obtain adult help tomorrow.

 

[KingCluck45]

Thank you, I will get a better one tomorrow it really is a horrible picture. I am going to obtain adult help tomorrow.

He usually is so friendly and will come right to us with no problem. We couldn't catch him today for anything. I tried all our normal tricks. It's not like him. He is eating and drinking fine, the end of his toe/toenail has fallen off. What's left did look like live tissue it bled just a little. I am in Northeast Ohio where it has rained for weeks I am letting them free range in hopes he can avoid the mud I am going to clean the coop/run extra good and make sure everything has dry bedding. I don't know what to do now.