Rooster Bleeding from Nail Bed - How to get it to stop for good?

[buffy-the-eggpile-layer]

My bantam salmon faverolle looks like he got his toenail caught in something because it's slightly twisted and was bleeding. I got it to stop earlier today and he was fine out in the run, but just a little bit ago when I let them out to free range I noticed he got it started back up. Again, with ice water then corn starch I got it to stop (took a while), but now I'm worried he's going to just keep opening it back up again like any time his toenail hits something a certain way. And I don't want him to bleed out overnight or something!

Wrapping it will be tricky--his toes are tiny and I'm not sure how I could get it to stay on the nail (and that in messing with it, it'll start bleeding again). Any ideas?

He's full of energy and has an appetite, but I can tell his foot bothers him because he holds it up occasionally. He can walk normally though, jump onto roosts, etc., and nothing appears fractured or sprained--just that twisted, bleeding nail.

 

[rebeccaH86]

I had a red ear slider that Injured her toe some years back and I used crazy glue worked like a charm .

 

[azygous]

You need to decide if the nail is more attached than it is detached. If it's mostly detached, take some pliers and yank it out.

No. That isn't cruel. A dangling nail is extremely painful. Yanking it will get it over with and starting to heal.

If the nail is only slightly loose, you can follow @rebeccaH86 suggestion or wrap the toe with Vetrap to hold it secure until the nail bed heals.

 

[buffy-the-eggpile-layer]

You need to decide if the nail is more attached than it is detached. If it's mostly detached, take some pliers and yank it out.

No. That isn't cruel. A dangling nail is extremely painful. Yanking it will get it over with and starting to heal.

If the nail is only slightly loose, you can follow @rebeccaH86 suggestion or wrap the toe with Vetrap to hold it secure until the nail bed heals.

@rebeccaH86 @azygous thanks! It still seems pretty attached (it's not dangling or anything). Not sure I have super glue, but would gorilla glue work? If not I can run out and get some.

 

[HawaiiCoyote]

I always have some superglue in my chicken first aid kit just in case, something like this happens.
I agree with @azygous and @rebeccaH86

 

[azygous]

I wouldn't use Gorilla Glue on a chicken foot. If it's the original, it expands and it would make it hard for the chicken to walk with the resulting glob.

Vetrap is found in the horse supplies at any feed store. It's very versatile and can be cut into narrow strips and it sticks to itself so it's hard for a chicken to pull it off. I've used it to wrap the entire foot when I'm treating bumblefoot, or just a spur nub after spur removal to stop bleeding. It stretches and clings and even comes in a multitude of colors to compliment the feather colors of your chicken.

You need to be careful with glue and chickens. If it's still wet and the chicken pecks it, it can do some serious neurological damage. Super glue dries in one minute, so you can use it safely. Super glue has to be held in place for 60 seconds to set.

Comb and toe nail injuries bleed a lot but neither are a serious risk to the chicken. I often will see that some chicken has bled all over the poop boards or left globs of blood in the sand in the run, but it's much more difficult to find the victim since those injuries stop bleeding on their own and heal extremely fast.

 

[buffy-the-eggpile-layer]

Thanks @azygous @rebeccaH86 and @HawaiiCoyote for the help! I ended up not needing to resort to super glue, though I'll grab some to have on hand in my chicken first aid kit. He clotted up nicely overnight and was fine all day today so I think he's healing up. Just gotta keep him away from the brush while free ranging until hes fully healed--that's where he does all kinds of acrobatics to impress the ladies, usually resulting in being ignored and somehow injuring himself.