Injured Chicken Toe!

[jayytee17]

My little silkie was limping yesterday and when I picked her up I noticed her toe was bleeding. At first I thought it was bleeding at the base of the nail but it’s actually part of the tow above the nail. It’s pretty flimsy, basically hanging on by a thread.

I’m not sure how this happened, but other than limping she does not seem to be in pain. I washed her foot off with warm soapy water and put a bandage on it with Neosporin.

Today I took off the bandage and there wasn’t much blood on it and it’s no longer bleeding but I’m not really sure what to do to help her at this point. I put Neosporin and another bandage on it this evening and she is no longer limping, but I don’t know if I should take her to a vet or just see if it will heal?

I’ve included pictures for reference!

 

[Eggcessive]

It should heal, but it will be sore and take a couple of weeks. Is the toe hanging by skin or the nail? I would probably soak her foot daily in warm epsom salts water in a little dish pan. Then reapply the ointment.

 

[Laura_BelgianBantams_63]

Ouch! Poor thing, that looks really bad. Good luck to the chooky

Make sure she doesn't do too much activity, let her relax

 

[jayytee17]

Thank you guys for your responses! I’m going to continue to monitor it and put ointment on it and soak in daily, hopefully that’ll do that trick!