Rooster's Spur has broken and is bleeding

[Neko_]

My rooster has broken his Spur somehow, (i reckon when he tried to jump onto the roost.) I found him on the roost with a bleeding spur, so I've taken him home and put him in a box with some lemon grass. He's been doing little alarm calls. If anyone could help that'd be great!

 

[abpatchy]

You need to stop the bleeding! Hold him and apply pressure. It will probably take a while. When I had a bleeding spur I must have applied pressure for at least an hour or so. Eventually we just used gauze and wrapped it really tight. That helped. Left it on for about a day, day and a half. It was fine then.

 

[BesideStillWaters]

My boy did something similar. I didn't notice it until it had stopped bleeding though. In addition to pressure, this might help. This is advice I was given back when my boy got his spur hung in rabbit wire. (While trying to spur his brother... ) I hope it can help you too!

Ouch! Poor fella!

I'd clean it off with Vetericyn or something similar (if he'll let you). If it is still bleeding, you can help it clot with styptic powder or cornstarch. You can try wrapping it in vet wrap, too, if you think the actual spur part is exposed (not sure what is called).

If it's mostly hanging off - I would remove it so it doesn't continue to dangle and bleed as he walks and the other spur hits it. The blood will end up on the backs of any hens he tries to mate, which could start something bad in the flock- chickens love blood.

If blood stop powder doesn't do the trick- and I just did something similar by the way, except it was the back toe, not the spur - his toe was hanging off, had no feeling and was causing an ongoing wound - so I used a scalpel (can be bought at a farm supply store) to take it off, which he didn't even feel. Unfortunately it kept on bleeding despite the powder, so I followed the excellent advice someone else had put on this site long ago (after washing all the powder off!!!)

Do this outside, the smell will linger. I learned the hard way.

Use an old butter knife you don't mind throwing away. With either a torch or the burner of your stove, heat the tip of the knife until it turns red- then cauterize the wound. If you're worried about hitting something other than the wound, wrap the surrounding area with a wet washcloth. Obviously have someone to hold him while you prepare/heat the butter knife- though I will tell you my guy didn't even flinch when cauterized.

The bleeding stopped immediately and he was back with the flock within hours. I did apply Vetricyn (also farm supply store) - then triple antibiotic ointment. I wrapped it with a non-stick pad and Vetwrap. Good as new.

From this thread: https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...g-i-can-do-to-help-him.1485656/#post-24764235