My chicken's comb is bleeding! What do I do?!

[HappyClucker7]

My chicken's comb got cut on some netting and it started bleeding pretty bad. So, I cleaned of all of the blood and saw that it was only a very small cut. I separated her from my other girls and thought she would be fine in a couple days. But obviously I was wrong. For some reason, her wound keeps opening up again. I put corn starch on it because I know that stops the bleeding, but it didn't help. Then I put pine tar on her comb, but that didn't help either. So what is wrong with her and what can I do to help her?

 

[Oceanpizza]

Blu-Kote might help. Keep her separated until the cut heals, and use anti-bacterial medicine (essentially, chicken Neosporin, but don't use Neosporin, as that is for humans).

 

[HappyClucker7]

Do you know where I could get any blu-kote? And also, can you recommend any anti- bacterial medicine?

 

[Oceanpizza]

You may be able to find it at TSC or a local feed store. I got my Blu-Kote at a nearby feed store (Stoltzfus Feed and Grain). Blu-Kote actually is antibacterial, I should've said Blu-Kote OR an antibacterial medicine.

 

[jvls1942]

a comb cut is usually not as bad as it looks.. they bleed like crazy.. as you probably have noticed.
put a couple of drops of Hydrogen Peroxide on it. but do not apply it too often because it will not let the wound heal.
there is a product out there, like a spray bandage. check at your local drug store. it is good for humans too, if you can find it..

when I was a building contractor, we used silicon caulk if we got a cut on the job. I would think that Gorilla Glue would do the same thing.

.......jiminwisc......

 

[chickens really]

Liquid bandaid or crazy glue...

 

[HappyClucker7]

Thank you guys so much. My chicken is healed and back to her clucky self. One of my other chickens got a scrape on her comb and I took care of her. She is healing very nicely. Thanks again!