He’s good he just lost the beautiful comb!! He’s good otherwise!! That cold spell was brutal!! Really nothing new for South Dakota though. This is my first winter with my chickens. I’ve had them before just not where I live now!!
I did know it wouldn’t grow back and most of the black has fallen off!! It’s just so sad that he lost the top! I really wasn’t looking for advise I was just mentioning how cold it had been here and some of the experiences we’ve had!!
Dang it hit every where. I’m in South Dakota and we had the same weather!! The girls ans boys didn’t like it either and have also been exposed really bad on one of my roosters!!
We had approximately 2-3 weeks of -0 degrees. My beautiful rooster got his comb Frost bit pretty bad!! I know it won’t come back to normal, but is there anything I can do for him? Sorry I don’t have any pictures of him!!
I did know it wouldn’t grow back and most of the black has fallen off...
After our frigid-30 degree weather in South Dakota two weeks ago, and after cleaning out the coop; the girls are happy again. Since the cold snap hit isn’t girls pretty much quit laying other than a couple who’s eggs froze because of the weather!! Not this past weekend but the weekend prior it...
After a frigid -25 - -30 below for two to three weeks, the girls are finally back to laying again!! The first warm weekend (third weekend in February after the cold spell) I cleaned the coop! I’d only been getting anywhere from 1-2 eggs a day!! Tonight I went out and this is what I found! 6...
I would say possibly molting but two roosters are getting pecked too. We’re ok, straight west of us has/had a big fire with the wind, there were two more down southeast and one south west of us too!! Haven’t heard anything lately