Fret not... yes that looks like frostbite damage.. it appears minimal to me... the goal is to not let it get any worse. The dead bits will peel off after they scab but the damage shouldn't be too noticeable I shouldn't think.
Prevention of course.. those high winds caught MANY of us off guard, it was impossible I know, we had 80mph gusts through here, very unusual. Try to better fix and button up your coops if you can.
When it is going to be near freezing or below, you can use some Vaseline Petroleum Jelly to slather on their comb & wattles, this will help keep any frost from settling directly on their skin.
I don't know anything about your setup, but basically at or around freezing, you have to take some precautions to prevent this. Close up the coops, give them a warmer place or more enclosed place to sleep, use some petroleum jelly etc etc.
Don't worry, it's not too bad now... just work on the plan because the freezing is coming again!
I dubbed my BO roo a year ago in Dec and my EE cockerel lost his toes on one foot and the tips to the joint on the other foot last April so there went my plan for him to be the main EE roo. I know deep straw bedding helps a lot, if they aren't roosting on a perch. If perches are used, they've got be out of the wind. I read how some guy in the old days swore chickens were healthier with fresh clean air and I've been trying it out till this month with three extra roo's I want to keep. They all have different sizes/types of comb/wattles and all three have been in great shape without heat of any type supplied as long as they had deep straw, good feed daily, fresh water daily. I finally put them in a small coop with a red heatlamp to keep their water from freezing the other day. They are a RIR/BOx roo, a bantyx and a silkie roo. Can you stack bales of straw for them to scratch and bed in?
