You have alot of snow where you live?Thanks everyone for all the help. I have a large 5X10 chicken tractor that I can use as a sheltered run area or even an extra coop. Does that sound like a good idea?
How tall are the tractors?
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You have alot of snow where you live?Thanks everyone for all the help. I have a large 5X10 chicken tractor that I can use as a sheltered run area or even an extra coop. Does that sound like a good idea?
What I saw last year was anything from a grayish cast(what I perceived to be mild frostbite, like mild sunburn) to a dark black spots/patches.For you folks who say they get frost bite when they go outside, how do you know and what does it look like?
My chickens have been going out in the yard this week, and the daytime temps have been in the 20's and they can't wait to get out. And even when they don't get out into the yard, they are in the run. I sure would hate to lock them in the coop.
I'd just like to know what to look for.
What I saw last year was anything from a grayish cast(what I perceived to be mild frostbite, like mild sunburn) to a dark black spots/patches.
2 roos had large black patches on their wattles, neither swelled or became infected and they eventually healed up leaving a fine line of a scar.
Quote: My birds are totally confined and eat from hand so while I didn't directly hold them it was very easy to see the affected area closely and I kept a very close eye on those patches to watch for any swelling and/or infection, there may have been some very slight swelling. The black patches happened on a night of 29F and 50-60% humidity.
Think it happened while drinking and dipping wattles in an open water container, and using nipples this year to minimize that particular part of the problem.
Yes, the scar tissue formed where necrotic tissue met healthy tissue, by spring you could hardly see it. Both birds are gone now one to the pot, one re-homed.