New chick with "dead" damaged toe. Need advice!

[Wynter Willow]

If you roll back a few posts, you'll catch a play by play on what transpired. Not sure what caused the actualy dissection but now we're dealing with it

This is all helpful to learn. I am a complete beginner with chickens. I will keep checking in to see how your little chicks toes is. You are doing a great job tending to her.

 

[The Yardbird Life]

For your viewing pleasure, an updated photo of the infamous chicken toe.

I think what we're seeing here is proof that evolution is beginning to provide chickens with thumbs and you're witnessing it right here on BYC.com! Mankind is in big trouble now that these birds have acquired opposable digits.

 

[tlcmurphy]

For your viewing pleasure, an updated photo of the infamous chicken toe.

I think what we're seeing here is proof that evolution is beginning to provide chickens with thumbs and you're witnessing it right here on BYC.com! Mankind is in big trouble now that these birds have acquired opposable digits.

It looks really good, I’m glad she’s doing well!

 

[Bawkbok]

This is a fantastic thread. So much valuable information here.
Happy dance on her progression and your attention to her needs.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

For your viewing pleasure, an updated photo of the infamous chicken toe.

I think what we're seeing here is proof that evolution is beginning to provide chickens with thumbs and you're witnessing it right here on BYC.com! Mankind is in big trouble now that these birds have acquired opposable digits.

Looks good!

 

[GodofPecking]

you don't need do anything, if you really want to go overboard, then use an anti-fungal anti-bacterial anti-septic like honey if you really want, It will nuke the lot it touches because glucose lactase produces 'small but potent but not big enough to harm anything bigger than germs' sized amounts of hydrogen peroxide as a by product of it's metabolism.

put some in something shallow, pick up hen, put hen down approximately on top of shallow something. Repeat until it steps right in it, eww.

oh wait it's just honey, so minus the eww.

honey is ok for chickens and if you eat the chicken please clean it first (feathers etc) but you can eat the honey too.

try to avoid poison flavored birds.

try not to put poison on your food, if chicken is your food.

 

[The Yardbird Life]

I haven't visited this subject in a minute so after spending a bit of time with the ladies I cleaned up "Pinky's" pinky toe to give it an evaluation. Tissue has pretty much callused over the entire site but there's still discoloration present. Perhaps in time, that will resorb and appear normal at some point. There is no more attention drawn to the wound so the others aren't pecking at it like they had been previously. They seem to have grown out of that stage.

Today is their first day without brother Rooster. Somebody responded to my Craigslist ad for rehoming him and though I wanted to keep him for maybe a week or 2 longer because of his really cool rooster skills, I jumped on the chance for him to go to a home where he'd be wanted and used for his roosty skills! The girls are very different without him. Their roosting process was very interesting last night. 2 cameras showed them marching right into the roost box but there was an entirely different process and order of how and where the 6 all positioned. Interesting stuff.

Anyway, here's today progress image after a cleaning....

 

[Bawkbok]

I haven't visited this subject in a minute so after spending a bit of time with the ladies I cleaned up "Pinky's" pinky toe to give it an evaluation. Tissue has pretty much callused over the entire site but there's still discoloration present. Perhaps in time, that will resorb and appear normal at some point. There is no more attention drawn to the wound so the others aren't pecking at it like they had been previously. They seem to have grown out of that stage.

Today is their first day without brother Rooster. Somebody responded to my Craigslist ad for rehoming him and though I wanted to keep him for maybe a week or 2 longer because of his really cool rooster skills, I jumped on the chance for him to go to a home where he'd be wanted and used for his roosty skills! The girls are very different without him. Their roosting process was very interesting last night. 2 cameras showed them marching right into the roost box but there was an entirely different process and order of how and where the 6 all positioned. Interesting stuff.

Anyway, here's today progress image after a cleaning....

wonderful recovery. It does sort of look like a thumb, doesn't it.