Chicken has frost bite!!!!!!!!!!

[Chicken_lover1]

It is very cold in my chicken coop. I live in North Dakota so it's very cold here. This week it is in the -20s. When I went out to my chicken coop i noticed some off my chickens were starting to get frostbite and every day it gets worst. And I have to many chickens to take them inside my house.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I've never had a hen get frostbite but have had lots of roosters with frostbite.
We have gotten that cold here but likely not as often as you. Normally, they will recover just fine. Make sure you still have huge ventilation so the humidity is kept as low as possible.

 

[Abriana]

You can put vitamin E oil (best) or vaseline on their combs. It will help them heal and also help keep them from getting frostbite. Make sure your coop is well-ventilated and that you do not have any water in the coop.

 

[Eggcessive]

Sorry about your chickens’ frostbite. Is the frostbite mostly on combs, wattles, or on the feet? Do you have any pictures? Do you have some overhead coop ventilation to allow for moisture to escape? It is important to keep the coop bedding as dry as possible, and prevent direct drafts on the chickens.

If the combs are frostbitten, it can be very painful, so do not rub or massage the combs. It may take several days to a week to see the full extent of any frostbite. Here is a good article on frostbite prevention and treatment:
https://the-chicken-chick.com/frostbit-in-backyard-chickens-causes/

 

[Chicken_lover1]

You can put vitamin E oil (best) or vaseline on their combs. It will help them heal and also help keep them from getting frostbite. Make sure your coop is well-ventilated and that you do not have any water in the coop.

I have been putting Vaseline and bag balm on their their Combs but the Vaseline freezes because of how cold it is

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Vitamin E oil or aloe may help but anything like Vaseline is more of a preventive measure than curative and possibly more irritating after the damage has already been done.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I have been putting Vaseline and bag balm on their their Combs but the Vaseline freezes because of how cold it is

I've been told by old timers (my age) to use Vaseline as a preventative measure but I've never done it. I keep thinking if I was outside in below zero temps, would I be better off with dry hands or hands covered in Vaseline.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Speaking of which, how many birds in the coop, coop square footage and square footage of openings to fresh air?

 

[Eggcessive]

I don’t usually put anything on my chickens’ combs for prevention or for treatment. Most will heal and the points may become more rounded off later on. Occasionally we see a very seriously swollen comb here with frostbite that are extremely painful and may require more treatment. Once a comb has been frostbitten, it may be more easily frostbitten again later.

 

[Chicken_lover1]

Sorry about your chickens’ frostbite. Is the frostbite mostly on combs, wattles, or on the feet? Do you have any pictures? Do you have some overhead coop ventilation to allow for moisture to escape? It is important to keep the coop bedding as dry as possible, and prevent direct drafts on the chickens.

If the combs are frostbitten, it can be very painful, so do not rub or massage the combs. It may take several days to a week to see the full extent of any frostbite. Here is a good article on frostbite prevention and treatment:
https://the-chicken-chick.com/frostbit-in-backyard-chickens-causes/I

Sorry about your chickens’ frostbite. Is the frostbite mostly on combs, wattles, or on the feet? Do you have any pictures? Do you have some overhead coop ventilation to allow for moisture to escape? It is important to keep the coop bedding as dry as possible, and prevent direct drafts on the chickens.

If the combs are frostbitten, it can be very painful, so do not rub or massage the combs. It may take several days to a week to see the full extent of any frostbite. Here is a good article on frostbite prevention and treatment:
https://the-chicken-chick.com/frostbit-in-backyard-chickens-causes/

Sorry about your chickens’ frostbite. Is the frostbite mostly on combs, wattles, or on the feet? Do you have any pictures? Do you have some overhead coop ventilation to allow for moisture to escape? It is important to keep the coop bedding as dry as possible, and prevent direct drafts on the chickens.

If the combs are frostbitten, it can be very painful, so do not rub or massage the combs. It may take several days to a week to see the full extent of any frostbite. Here is a good article on frostbite prevention and treatment:
https://the-chicken-chick.com/frostbit-in-backyard-chickens-causes/

The frostbite is on their Combs and yes we do have over head ventilation. The frostbite is mostly on my rooster.it has been happening for about 2 weeks now