Strange growth on feet

[lmlbarnette]

Aloha, I am new to raising chickens. One of our chicks has a strange looking growth on its outer toes. Is this something I should be concerned about or should I just leave it be? It doesn't seem to bother the chick or hinder walking at all.

 

[GrannyLaLa]

That looks as if something embedded into the foot. You have a local country vet that takes care of chickens? That can check it?

 

[Cluckcluck1215]

Can we have a better picture?
How old?
What is the bedding?

Does it look like a black thorn like thing?

 

[lmlbarnette]

No idea how old or what breed. They wandered into my backyard about a week ago and I've been keeping them in a cardboard box with pine bedding

 

[lmlbarnette]

 

[lmlbarnette]

So, I pulled on one and it bled (I know...I'm a terrible chicken mom and I feel awful about it) The black things look kinda like feather casings. Is there such thing as in-grown feathers and what would I do about something like that?