frostbite

Hey all, this poor dude has had a rough few days. First, he seemed to be having circulation issue to tips and back of comb (getting purple-ish). This had happened in warmer weather but it ended up being very extreme two days of cold and bluster. I also noticed the tips going white. Then he...

Hello, this is my first winter keeping chickens and I’m pretty sure my cockerel (6mo Faverolles) has frostbite in his comb. Last week, I was pretty sick after getting my COVID vaccine booster, and I didn’t clean their coop as well as I should have. I left the air vent closed and didn’t clean up...

I have a bantam rooster (I'm not sure what breed he is) that may have possibly gotten frostbite this morning. 🙁 His brother that is the same breed had black tips on his comb ever since he was a baby, but this just popped up today. We had a cold morning, under 20°. Is this permanent damage? Or...

*** Barred Rock, 10 months old, Free Range This was my first year ever having chickens, and I made a mistake back in the summer with one of my hens.. her name is Sweet Pea. The same day I wanted to catch her and trim her bum (because there was a lot of feces globbed into her feathers) was...

Hi I was wondering if my duck might have frostbite. I’ve never dealt with this before. There are a few dark spots on her flippers. Does it look like frostbite? Thank you

Okay ever since I got Shelby she’s been an unhealthy chicken, always wants to be left alone and is very flighty. I brought her inside today because of the frostbite on her comb and she had one solid poop and is now shooting out diarrhea! At this point I’m just not sure what to do with her. For...

Hi everyone, I have a bantam rooster who I’m concerned about because his entire face has turned a purple color. The coldest it’s been is in the 20s but it’s obviously affected him quite a bit already. He did get some frostbite last year and the very tips of his comb ended up falling off, but...

Hey everyone!! I have two buff orps and three speckled sussex that are about 7 months old now all pullets. Temperatures around here have been getting as low as 29F at night. They sleep in a coop with the door shut, a little window screen to ventilate, and no heat source. We loaded the coop floor...

Hi, Guys! It is perfect duck weather today at Three Bird Farm--40s and rainy, and "The Waterpark" is full and open for business! Unfortunately, we observed that our handsome boy Angus was having some trouble retracting the proverbial penis--well actual it's his literal penis (the one our vet...

Recently I created a thread about Sunny (https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/chicken-mobility-problems-lethargic-need-help.1446727/) but I think creating another will garner more attention as she needs further help and I'm not sure what I can do for her at this point. She is a seventh month...

Hello all, I am in south Texas and after the horrible cold front we had this past week with snow, ice and freezing temps, as well as with working, today was the first day I was able to thoroughly go through and check my entire flock of chickens. All of my hens are fine, as well as four of my...

Looking for wisdom from those more experienced. My roo, Otis, ended up with severe frostbite on his combs (one part actually came off -- and was collapsing in the coop. When I brought him inside, he just sat motionless and only drank if I dropper hydrated or put his beak in the water. He took...

This little lady's comb appears to have black splotches /scabbing on it. No other members of the flock showing this sign. Some combs are lighter red (on 2 older hens) but not black like this. There are 10 in the flock and are all adjusting to the roo being gone-- found it a permanent home about...

I’m sorry this is probably a common problem among northern chickens but my rooster has a blister on the top part of his comb and the entire comb is looking quite pale. We had a night that reached 3F the other day and last night maxed out around 10F. I’m assuming it’s the start of frostbite. What...

This is my first time with Cream Legbars. I am by no means a poultry expert, so I apologize in advance if my theory sounds foolish to any experienced breeder. Nevertheless after witnessing this in my own backyard, I feel this is something that needs to be addressed, just in case this hints at...

Hi Everyone, Peanut, my 4 year old Old English Game Bantam, has some discolored caruncles on his wattles (images attached). They seem to be a bit puffy as well. I just noticed it yesterday. He still acts healthy - crowing, scratching, eating/drinking normally and his droppings look fine. He's...

Need major advice! we’ve been battling some severe frostbite on our rooster. We live in Northern MN where every now and then our nights get down to -20 F. the other night it got down to -12F inside our chicken coop and that’s when our rooster got severe frostbite. He has had frostbite since the...

I just noticed these spots this morning on two of our girls. Our Dominique and buff Orpington had these spots. It’s been raining here some and the temps had dropped into the 20s at night. They have mulch from trees we’ve cut down in the run and pine bedding in their coop. We just cleaned the...

I did a little chicken rearranging and everything was seeming fine. yesterday morning was day three of giving all my Roosters hens and pullets. I had maintained a cockerel pen with just three boys since late spring. I gave both my roosters separate pens and a group of 4 hens and 4 pullets that...

The knob was black in the morning. After coming back from work, I saw the spot on its knob as in the photo. Did the goose suffer from frostbite? What should I do? (The vet won't be back for a while.)