.Experienced chicken-keepers have probably once or twice heard or read that "even a tiny and harmless wound in the comb can bleed a lot", often said as a response to worried chicken-keepers who've had chickens that got their comb caught on a thorn, or perhaps got it cut open during a harmless pecking-order scuffle. Today I actually got to see images of the phenomenon, and even I was surprised just how much blood that can come from such a wound.
Here's the subject, looking like he's been an extra in a particularly gory horror movie:
Here's our hero again, literally one day later, after a bit of cleaning up:
Well, there you have it. Just wanted to show how much a tiny comb-wound can bleed, and perhaps soothe a worried chicken-keeper who might some day find one of their chooks all bloody.
This chicken seems have wound on the root of comb which have high blood circulation
Any wound on comb can bleed from minor to serve depends on how much vitamin K bird have in his body
Some birds bleed a lot who have minimum VitK in blood
Apply some ice water pressure
