Torn waddle

[Gopeckgo]

One of my easter egger

pullets has a torn waddle, with a bit of it dangling down. Photo isn’t great and makes the dangling part seem shorter than it is but was best I could do. It doesn’t seem to bother her but should I clip it off? It’s turning black on the end and I thought perhaps it would just fall off. I did wash the injury and spray it with a pecking injury spray. She gets some sort of pecking injury every couple weeks but she keeps being risky and acting like she is top dog!

 

[DobieLover]

I would just leave it be and monitor for infection. It will fall off on it's own when the tissue fully dies off.
With this kind of resilience and persistence, she may very well take over the head hen spot.

 

[Gopeckgo]

I would just leave it be and monitor for infection. It will fall off on it's own when the tissue fully dies off.
With this kind of resilience and persistence, she may very well take over the head hen spot.

I would love that for her. She is one of my favorites. She’s so goofy looking!