Any suggestions on how to solve our frostbite problem?

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I'm wondering if using the whole sock wouldn't be a better prospect....with just a hole cut out of the side for the face.  That way you could just slip it down over the wattles and everything and the elastic would keep it on the bird better.  Like a little toboggan mask for chickens.....
[/quo. LOL , I hate it when soda comes thru the nose. Now that's funny
 
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The mental picture got ya, didn't it? Now...picture that with little ninja outfits.....
 
We have Heat lamps on our flock they clamp onto the ceiling angled toward the roost & the nest boxes. Blocked off any place where air/wind can blow in on them. Water is in 2gl. cooler jugs with the water Nipples in the bottom, then there is a heat lamp shinning on the tops of the 2 jugs & no frozen or dirty water. Here in middle Indiana we've had a harsh winter this yr. So far no chicken problems.
 
enochstown said:
We have Heat lamps on our flock they clamp onto the ceiling angled toward the roost & the nest boxes. Blocked off any place where air/wind can blow in on them. Water is in 2gl. cooler jugs with the water Nipples in the bottom, then there is a heat lamp shinning on the tops of the 2 jugs & no frozen or dirty water. Here in middle Indiana we've had a harsh winter this yr. So far no chicken problems.
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I don't heat coop, Not necessary in Missouri. Sometimes it adds to the humidity and if the power go's out the hens will not do well in the cold. You need to have a well vented coop. So don't block off anything unless you are getting a breeze blowing thru. Good to know you are having no problems. Besides if I heated the eggs would be twice the price and I would have to have a back up supply for power. Sounds like the water is working great. Welcome the the herd. LOL
 
My rooster, Dolittle, got frostbite when the temperature dropped to minus 20 here in Vermont. The hen house was about 17 degrees. I have a heat bulb in there for weather like this but it just wasn't enough. Most of his comb was black.
Dolittle and I are very close - he's 9 - and all he wants from any person is a hug. Most of you will chuckle, but I brought him into the laundry room and set him up in a dog crate. I let him out to walk around as well.
In addition to his regular food, I fed him protein - plain shredded steak, waffles soaked with egg yolk, oatmeal, and fruit - blueberries,apples. I also ground up a 1/4 of a baby aspirin twice a day - thought this would help with circulation and pain - and squirted fish oil for omega 3 on his food. (You can chuckle now). I put triple antibacterial ointment on his comb twice a day. It did start to blister, but I let them break on their own. The danger of frostbite is infection.
Miraculously, in a week the color was coming back underneath the dead skin and scabs - quite ugly but not infected.
I brought him back with his girls when he was healed and they gradually picked off the dead skin.
With the exception of one tiny tip, he's back to his handsome self ! We were very lucky.
I should add that at the first sign of infection, don't wait - see the vet.
 
henhousechick said:
My rooster, Dolittle, got frostbite when the temperature dropped to minus 20 here in Vermont. The hen house was about 17 degrees. I have a heat bulb in there for weather like this but it just wasn't enough. Most of his comb was black.
Dolittle and I are very close - he's 9 - and all he wants from any person is a hug. Most of you will chuckle, but I brought him into the laundry room and set him up in a dog crate. I let him out to walk around as well.
In addition to his regular food, I fed him protein - plain shredded steak, waffles soaked with egg yolk, oatmeal, and fruit - blueberries,apples. I also ground up a 1/4 of a baby aspirin twice a day - thought this would help with circulation and pain - and squirted fish oil for omega 3 on his food. (You can chuckle now). I put triple antibacterial ointment on his comb twice a day. It did start to blister, but I let them break on their own. The danger of frostbite is infection.
Miraculously, in a week the color was coming back underneath the dead skin and scabs - quite ugly but not infected.
I brought him back with his girls when he was healed and they gradually picked off the dead skin.
With the exception of one tiny tip, he's back to his handsome self ! We were very lucky.
I should add that at the first sign of infection, don't wait - see the vet.
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I thought that was very heart warming. Not going to laugh. I'm not doing it but we are all not the same. God Bless
 

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