Doing all that is noted, still have frostbit comb tips?

[nikischicks]

wow, the pics you posted look a lot worse than what I have. But then again I havent been out yet this morning, and it was bitter cold last night. News says it feels like neg 1. Thanks for all the info and pics, my husband has a pair of heavy duty shears at his work that are new thats what we are going to use.

 

[Opa]

Anyone considering dubbing needs to remember to sterilize the scissors and have a coagulating agent on hand to stem any blood flow. http://www.cutlersupply.com/cart/in...ducts_id=447&zenid=jd7u50buesg1jt7bl49pipmhv2

 

[eenie114]

I have a bantam roo with a large comb, and it is turning purplish-black. I don't know what to do!!! I'm posting here cause I don't know how to create a new thread. He went missing all day yesterday, and showed up this morning. I have him in a decoritive bird cage of my mom's, (in the house) and I need advice. He is very tame and will let me do almost anything to him. Help!!!

 

[eenie114]

Is there any other way to save his comb besides cutting it off?? He's my baby!

 

[Akane]

If it's just a bit purple you can try bringing him inside to keep it warm or any other building that's warmer. I had a couple that started to discolor the tips and brought them inside. They didn't get solid black and lose any of their combs. However it is very hard to adjust a bird back to the outdoors if it stays very cold out. They will need heat until they get used to it again and it's best if you have another building that is slightly warmer than outside but not fully heated like the house. I ended up with bantams in the spare bedroom all winter. They had a 3x6' multilevel cage and chicken diapers so they could wander the room occasionally. This year I bought a little 8x8 coop to use for the bantams so I can keep them a bit warmer and try to prevent any chickens in the house.

 

[eenie114]

Thanks. His wattle is mostly purple with no white, and his comb is mostly purpleish-black with some white staicken dirting to show up at the tips. Did you make your chicken diapers, or can I buy some at the local feed store? I've put some antibiotic ointment on him, he didn't fuss at all. Is frostbite fatal?
Thanks again!

 

[Akane]

I got mine from http://chickendiapers.com/ and my pet chicken also sells some.

Frostbite is not fatal so long as it doesn't get infected. Infection from dead tissue is common in most human frostbite cases but on chicken combs and wattles not so much. If you do nothing tissue too damaged to recover should just fall off but it can take a long time and is uncomfortable. Antibiotic ointment on the outside doesn't really help much. Infection risk is from the internal dead tissue.

 

[michickenwrangler]

Does anyone have more pics of frostbit combs so I know what to keep an eye out for? Thanks

 

[Opa]

In spite of slathering his comb and wattles every other day this Welsummer still manager to get frostbitten and latter everything black sloughed off and he looked like I had dubbed him.

 

[allanimals21]

I noticed my RIR roo's wattle was black...I think he to dipped it in the water when it was below zero here. Is he going to be ok? Should I worry?