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What did you do? I have the same thing happening... Did she make it? Did her feet survive? Any lost toes? Mine chicken has been inside for 2 days now and I've been soaking her feet in betadine each night, and wrapping them up.

Ok, I did another wellness check on all my other chickens tonight... everyone looked good. One rooster looked like he might be starting to swell, but then I thought... nope, he just has huge feet! Anyway, they all looked good and there were some eggs. I felt their bedding, it seems dry and is...

I thought frostbite, but no black dying anything yet. Can begining stages of frostbite cause swelling? Also, because I thought frostbite, I had been limiting their time outdoors, and have a heat lamp in their coop... this happened to my girl despite that. I have read that them being out in...

Ok, so here in Montana we are having a pretty tough winter... colder than usual. No big deal, I have 5 Buff Orpingtons and 2 Araucanas. Both are cold hardy, sweet birds. When we got our second cold snap, it was -7 degrees at my house for the high for one full day and 2 nights. During this, one...

Thanks a lot for the info, this is very informative. The only symptom she had was isolating herself, which was only one day. Her comb was not pale yesterday and I don't think it was this morning, I didn't notice in particular but it was the first think I noticed when I got home today (though I...

Thanks, I am still unsure if its molting, or thier bigger feathers pushing out the small or what. I hardly find larger feathers, mostly small ones; a few inches at most. None of my birds have any bald spots, I figured if they were being picked on I would see it as we hang out often and/or I...

Please don't be mean, I already feel terrible and I promise I am providing my flock with their needs. While this is my first go at caring for chickens as an adult (we had some when I was a kid) I have done tons of research and have many near friends that have their own chickens who are lending...