Lost toenail ? Injury question.

[CoastChick]

I noticed My 4 month old EE “flamingoing” last week and inspected her feet. Looks like she lost a toenail and just the quick keeps getting bumped and then will bleed. I’ve been cleaning it up and using quikstop gel and vetericyn - I opted not to bandage it originally because I thought it would hinder her walking (she will walk on it) and roost. However, after three days, she broke it open again. Now I’m rethinking maybe I should bandage it just so everything stays put? What do you think to bandage or not to bandage?

 

[alinas2010]

Aw sorry about her toe! I don’t think there would be an effective way to bandage it so that it would stay, but you could try an actual people bandage? Just be careful about not wrapping anything too tight around it. It’s easy to cut circulation off with how bendy their toes are, bandages end up slipping easily. We had a chicken whose toenail got ripped off, too. I don’t think there was as much quick left as that, though. It did get bumped once in a while during healing and bleed, but eventually it healed up enough so it wasn’t an issue.

 

[PandemicChicken]

Did your chicken's toenail grow back?? I'm in a similiar situation - she had most of her quick and like 25% of her toenail left. I forgot to rewrap it once the bandage fell off for the 3rd time (she kept on foraging away). By the end of the day, her pointed quick was gone because it was exposed I'm freaking out because the intact quick would have meant her toenail grows back. it just looks like a hole now so I'm not sure if their quick can grow back?

 

[bmaw]

i know this is an old post but i have a hen in this situation. i think her quick was about a nub w/ nail on top. i used the wound powder and spray bandage-no bleeding since, but 2 days later she's still favoring that foot and not wanting to stand/walk much on it.

 

[alinas2010]

i know this is an old post but i have a hen in this situation. i think her quick was about a nub w/ nail on top. i used the wound powder and spray bandage-no bleeding since, but 2 days later she's still favoring that foot and not wanting to stand/walk much on it.

Sorry to hear about her losing a nail. Do you know how she lost it? Is there a chance her toe got sprained or yanked on when the nail got taken off? I could see her being a little sore if something like that happened. Was she favoring the foot right after the injury or did that just start?

Do you see any swelling anywhere else on her foot? Any chance it’s getting infected?Do you have pictures of the injury?

 

[bmaw]

Sorry to hear about her losing a nail. Do you know how she lost it? Is there a chance her toe got sprained or yanked on when the nail got taken off? I could see her being a little sore if something like that happened. Was she favoring the foot right after the injury or did that just start?

Do you see any swelling anywhere else on her foot? Any chance it’s getting infected?Do you have pictures of the injury?

thanks for your reply. I have no idea how she lost it. Monday, she was in the box and about 5 hours later when I went back she was in the dust bath. I saw blood on her egg, in the box area and on her chest when I picked her up (from tucking her leg up when she stood) I cleaned it, used styptic powder and sprayed it with liquid bandaid. it hasn't bled since but she didn't want to stand for long. she ate out of my hand and walked up to roost. Tuesday/Wednesday she came down from roost on her own and stood to drink/eat for a short time. She moved with the flock all day, interested in snacks, foraging (mostly on one leg) and sitting in between. I have given her a 12h dose of meloxicam each day which seems to help. she has a good crop and good poops. laid today. today I rubbed some comfrey lotion and PRID on it. I think it helped. She can still curl her toe on the roost, it isn't swollen, not hot...photo is before I cleaned it. she can flatten it.