New buff brhama hen with bad feet and toe nails

[pefferlawchicken]

Hello everyone and happy easter !

Yesterday i went to the farmers markert and livestock auction, there is a man out front who sell pure bred bantams and standars , i have bought many from him that usally have mites. Anyways yesterday i saw a very sad looking buff bramaha girl and i knew i wanted her , soo i bought her and took her home , i checker her there and saw that she had mites on her body and scaley leg mites on her legs, i toook her anyways. When i got her home i bathed and scrubbed her legs and coated her legs in petroleum jelly. I noticed on her feet she has very long twisted toe nails. When she walks around evey few seconds she lifts up a leg and holds it up , like a dog in winter. is this because of her toe nails ? can her nails be cut down ? other then that she seems healthy , pooping , eating and drinking.


any help would be great and sorry if i posted this in the wrong section

 

[ThePamperedPullet]

Yes you can trim their nails. With her feet clean, if you look close, you can see where the blood line is in the toe nail. We find that a pair of dog or cat nail clippers work great but also people toe nail clippers will work. Clip the nail a bit at a time but make sure you stay beyond the blood line. It is best to have some blood stop or turmeric powder on hand in case if the nail starts bleeding. It is a shame that people would not care for their birds enough but it sounds like that girl is lucky to have found you.