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Mine had this problem with one of his feet, I took him inside for warmth and it took about 15 hours but the leg just fell off by itself. It was nice because I didn't have to amputate or cull him but I'm still not sure if he'll survive. I have pretty high hopes as long as he doesn't get an...

Thanks so much for your help! Luckily I bought a bunch of wraps and bandages this morning in fear that I'd have to amputate. I cleaned it up by mixing a little wound wash with some water (I didn't want to put it on directly in case it was too strong). I use betamine with the horses so a little...

Thank you so much! I was hearing a lot of banging from the cage and I went to check and the foot has just completely come off with about an inch of the leg. Any ideas on how to clean/bandage it? I still think an infection is likely but he doesn't seem to be in much pain I just want to minimize...

I'm not sure about the mosquitoes but for flies I spray down my coop with the fly spray that I use on my horse. Just make sure the chickens are out of the coop when you spray it and don't get the spray in the food or water. Spray down the coop every day and the flies shouldn't bother you as much.

My chickens have always loved finding worms and will eat them. They probably won't like worms when they're little (mine started eating them around 6 weeks). Either way make sure you are not counting the worms as their diet, just think of them as a nice treat. Feed grower/starter food to the...

Not sure if pictures will help but i have some. He is in my cat carrier with towels as I have nowhere else to put him other than the coop. The bone is bandaged right now but you can see the badly frostbitten foot. The other foot has frostbitten toes but nothing major I think they should heal soon.

Thank you for the response. I don't think I could handle culling him myself though and this has been going on for a few weeks but it was just last night that the skin broke. Not sure if he could survive this on his own but he doesn't seem to want to give up.

Is there any chance that the leg might just fall off? I just don't think the bone is frostbitten just the outer part so I don't know if the bone would fall off or not. I really don't want to cut it off if I don't have to but I want to minimize the pain for him.

My 4 year old rooster has come down with serious frostbite on his feet and toes during this cold winter. The coop just wasn't warm enough for him to keep warm I guess, but the other 8 chickens all seem to be doing fine. I need help with the rooster! One of his legs is frostbitten halfway up the...