Small Hallux Irritation/ Injury
Context: I have a small free range flock (three ducks and one goose) for egg laying, but they're mostly just beloved pets.
Yesterday afternoon I noticed one of my khaki campbells (Zuma) had a little bit of blood around the nail on her hallux and had some minor swelling, so I cleaned it up with warm soapy water and let her rejoin the group since she wasn't limping. This morning I popped into the coop to let them out and she's now got a limp even though the toe looks less swollen. She let me scoop her up for a closer look so she's not avoiding me/ touch but I'm struggling with the best way to treat her.
The nail is still very firmly attached so no issues there and there isn't really any redness so I don't want to mess with it too much since it seems very minor but I do need to get it clean and keep it clean until it heals. My plan was to use a povidone iodine swab on the area just to get it nice and disinfected and then separate her (essentially in a single brooder set up) from the other three for the day so they could roam outside and she could have food and water to herself in a slightly less wet/ messy environment...
Well, she let me scoop her up and put her into the nice cozy first aid box and then she started to freak out when she realized the plan was to separate her from the flock. She was gearing up for a jail break and I didn't want her to tweak her foot even worse so I've temporarily returned her to the group and she seems to mostly be fine, just laying down while everyone else puts around. Is my best course of action just to leave her with the group, keep everyone inside, and apply iodine as needed?
I don't want to stress her out over a minor injury but none of my girls have been injured before and I also don't want it to develop into something worse.
Thank you!!!