Butchering frostbitten rooster

[IloveBuffy]

Our rooster has frostbite, is it safe to eat him, and, if so, how bad does it have to be before I have to butcher him?

 

[bobbi-j]

How bad is the frostbite? I've never seen a chicken frostbitten enough to need to slaughter it.

 

[evergreen001]

Do you have a pic of that rooster?

 

[IloveBuffy]

How bad is the frostbite? I've never seen a chicken frostbitten enough to need to slaughter it.

Oh, good.

 

[IloveBuffy]

His wattles are beginning to get black.

 

[BCMaraniac]

Around the edges or the whole thing?

 

[donrae]

Unless you want to butcher him for other reasons, frostbite usually isn't a reason to cull. I've seen pics here of birds who have lost a LOT of comb, doesn't effect their lives at all.

 

[mandymae1984]

Is he being kept in a warm olace now?

 

[IloveBuffy]

Yes, he is being kept warm, just the bottom edge is black, culling=last resort. Hope it doesn't get so bad that we have to cut his wattles off

 

[BCMaraniac]

I have had roosters get tips of combs, and edges of wattles get nipped and turn black. They have never had any trouble. How long since he got frostbitten?