American serama thread!

[NNYchick]

I understand, it was hard for me to see too. I don’t know what his environment was like in his previous home. I do my best to prevent frostbite with a clean, dry environment. I have a lot of ventilation but sometimes ambient humidity is extremely high when we warm up after snow storms and everything is damp. I did buy a cozy coop heat panel for the Seramas but they don’t use it, they would rather snuggle in with the Silkies.
I think this guy has something more going on than just frostbite as he just started making a sneeze/ cough like sound sometimes and I’ve haven’t seen pictures of frostbite like this before, it’s like patches of black on his face and I don’t remember that black line on his beak before today. His comb looks like healing frostbite. There is no bleeding, drainage, or smell. I have him in the house and put poultry cell in his water. He is eating and drinking, normal poop. Luckily he is sweet and I’ve been able to check him over real well and he sits on my lap and enjoys to be petted. No mites, no discharge from nostrils or eyes, mouth clear, breathing normal no raspy or labored breathing.

 

[WVduckchick]

I understand, it was hard for me to see too. I don’t know what his environment was like in his previous home. I do my best to prevent frostbite with a clean, dry environment. I have a lot of ventilation but sometimes ambient humidity is extremely high when we warm up after snow storms and everything is damp. I did buy a cozy coop heat panel for the Seramas but they don’t use it, they would rather snuggle in with the Silkies.
I think this guy has something more going on than just frostbite as he just started making a sneeze/ cough like sound sometimes and I’ve haven’t seen pictures of frostbite like this before, it’s like patches of black on his face and I don’t remember that black line on his beak before today. His comb looks like healing frostbite. There is no bleeding, drainage, or smell. I have him in the house and put poultry cell in his water. He is eating and drinking, normal poop. Luckily he is sweet and I’ve been able to check him over real well and he sits on my lap and enjoys to be petted. No mites, no discharge from nostrils or eyes, mouth clear, breathing normal no raspy or labored breathing.
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Looks to me like a combination of frostbite and other chickens beat the crap out of him.

 

[NNYchick]

I have him separated now. It’s possible He kept going in the nest box with 2 broody, makes since they were pecking his face. Not sure why he wanted to be in there as I have lots of space and places to get away from bullying. I’m so mad at myself I know how and have always done quarantine. I’m praying it’s nothing more.

 

[nchls school]

you are just passionate about your tiny feathered friends, so it’s understandable, we all get a little heated sometimes.

Thank you. It means a lot to me that you would accept my apology.

 

[Faraday40]

I understand, it was hard for me to see too. I don’t know what his environment was like in his previous home. I do my best to prevent frostbite with a clean, dry environment. I have a lot of ventilation but sometimes ambient humidity is extremely high when we warm up after snow storms and everything is damp. I did buy a cozy coop heat panel for the Seramas but they don’t use it, they would rather snuggle in with the Silkies.
I think this guy has something more going on than just frostbite as he just started making a sneeze/ cough like sound sometimes and I’ve haven’t seen pictures of frostbite like this before, it’s like patches of black on his face and I don’t remember that black line on his beak before today. His comb looks like healing frostbite. There is no bleeding, drainage, or smell. I have him in the house and put poultry cell in his water. He is eating and drinking, normal poop. Luckily he is sweet and I’ve been able to check him over real well and he sits on my lap and enjoys to be petted. No mites, no discharge from nostrils or eyes, mouth clear, breathing normal no raspy or labored breathing.
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Poor fella! He looks miserable. I've had roos with frostbite & the best thing is to keep them warm & isolated to let things heal on their own. (Applying balms after frostbite can cause bleeding &/or further damage.) I'm continually surprised at how well chickens heal on their own. I had a hen with a nasty open cut down her side. All I did was keep her separated & the wound clean with Veterycin. She was getting better very quickly. I returned her to the coop when it was mostly healed, but a roo re-injured her side...... then she took a sand bath. UGH! I cleaned out the sandy wound using a syringe with soapy water. The wound looked like a pocket & I felt terrible for allowing it happen. I repeated the isolation & Veterycin for another 7-10 days. She's back to 100% now and no more ugly skin pocket.

Your little roo will likely lose his comb tips and look dubbed. If you've gone through this before, you know that some of the tissues will repair and the black parts will eventually fall off like a scab and reveal new pink skin underneath.

We just had a polar vortex with a couple nights of -28'F (felt like -50'F) and daytime high of -15'F. The useless bantams were inside, but the main flock was outside in an unheated coop. With those temps, there's really not much we could do.

Mr Wonderful got some frostbite on just the tips.

Our lav orp cockeel got some frostbite on his wattles (from eating snow) as well as his comb tips.

 

[WVduckchick]

My little house bird Spicoli.
He lost his come to frostbite last year.

 

[NNYchick]

Poor fella! He looks miserable. I've had roos with frostbite & the best thing is to keep them warm & isolated to let things heal on their own. (Applying balms after frostbite can cause bleeding &/or further damage.) I'm continually surprised at how well chickens heal on their own. I had a hen with a nasty open cut down her side. All I did was keep her separated & the wound clean with Veterycin. She was getting better very quickly. I returned her to the coop when it was mostly healed, but a roo re-injured her side...... then she took a sand bath. UGH! I cleaned out the sandy wound using a syringe with soapy water. The wound looked like a pocket & I felt terrible for allowing it happen. I repeated the isolation & Veterycin for another 7-10 days. She's back to 100% now and no more ugly skin pocket.

Your little roo will likely lose his comb tips and look dubbed. If you've gone through this before, you know that some of the tissues will repair and the black parts will eventually fall off like a scab and reveal new pink skin underneath.

We just had a polar vortex with a couple nights of -28'F (felt like -50'F) and daytime high of -15'F. The useless bantams were inside, but the main flock was outside in an unheated coop. With those temps, there's really not much we could do.

Mr Wonderful got some frostbite on just the tips.
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Our lav orp cockeel got some frostbite on his wattles (from eating snow) as well as his comb tips.
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I think the comb frostbite is on the mend now, I don’t know when it happened as he came to me like that. I do believe the new marks on his face are because he got beat up by my broody. He kept going in her nest box and she has a new chick this morning, so she must of turned on him because the chicks were coming. I should note that his eyes are droopy in the picture as he had been sleeping snuggled on my lap when I took the pictures. I’m keeping him in the house now till weather gets better, I don’t like that he has that sneezing.

 

[Faraday40]

Such a cutie

 

[WVduckchick]

Such a cutie

Thanks! His comb was a bit torn up from fighting with my bantam cochin bachelors, but it all healed since he’s been inside (with a little neosporin help)
That is....until yesterday evening (shortly after that pic was taken). He was running around the kitchen and I decided to let him out on the back porch. He found his way through a split in the screen and wound up over by his old flock. Went out to get him and lock up last night and found some blood on the ground. Checked the ducks and the other birds that could have bled there, and everyone looked ok. Brought him inside and found a big rip on the front of his comb. I’m not sure who did it, but from the blood spot locations, I suspect he was sparring with my bantam cochin rooster thru a fence.

 

[Faraday40]

Oh no. I hope he heals up OK.