What is wrong with my rooster's toes?

[Toddrick]

I just noticed his left-left toe has no nail and looks swollen. The right-right toe also looks similar, but the nail is tiny. All the other nails look normal. What could cause this? Could it just be swelling covering the nail, and if so, why would only the outer nails be affected?

 

[Eggcessive]

I can't say what happened to your rooster, but my hen has a toe that looks like that, and she tore the nail off jumping over a chain link fence. The nail never grew back, and the toe looks clubbed on the end like that.

 

[mypurtychickens]

My bb roo has the same problem. not sure how he ripped the nail off but it seems to be fine now....

 

[Toddrick]

They were kept inside their fenced 12x12 run for three days after I sprayed the yard. It's plenty of space, but they like to free range in the evenings. He must've gotten mad and scratched at the fence. So the nails will grow back normally?