Frost Bite, anything else I can do?

[Wyorp Rock]

For you leghorn lovers: (and what's not to love with those beautiful white eggs?) Don't forget that the leghorn comes in a lot of different colors with a ROSE comb! You can have your white eggs, your leghorn, AND a small comb all wrapped up into one neat little package.

Didn't think about that I will have to look into those too. One thing I do like about mine with the "straight comb" is the flop over! Mine is a real chatter box and busy body to boot, so that flopping comb just really adds to her personality. Weird, I know, but I'm surprised at how much I really like her.

 

[Frazzemrat1]

WEve been doing alright today with this blizzard, I guess. New record on eggs... 7

 

[Angela Thomson]

Ventilation, to make sure the moisture from the breathing and poo can escape, and Vaseline on the combs to make sure that moisture can’t accumulate on their combs and freeze. That’s all prevention. Once it’s done, there’s not much you can do except make sure it doesn’t spread.

Yes, plenty of ventilation. It's just so cold. They have been fine in the cold until three days ago.

 

[BantyChooks]

For you leghorn lovers: (and what's not to love with those beautiful white eggs?) Don't forget that the leghorn comes in a lot of different colors with a ROSE comb! You can have your white eggs, your leghorn, AND a small comb all wrapped up into one neat little package.

Are they as good for egg production as the hatchery line whites?

 

[lazy gardener]

IME, not quite. But still... Hatching those white eggs is an incredible experience. I swear that when I candle a white egg, it's like looking through a light bulb. I swear I can see the chick's feathers!

 

[BantyChooks]

IME, not quite. But still... Hatching those white eggs is an incredible experience. I swear that when I candle a white egg, it's like looking through a light bulb. I swear I can see the chick's feathers!

It's amazing, huh? I have only hatched white (not counting tinted) chicken eggs once, about a year ago. It was like candling a duck egg.. super clear.

 

[lazy gardener]

I no longer have white eggers in my flock. Every year, I say I'm gonna get some Trader Joe's eggs, just so I can have a few whites to hatch, but I never do, b/c I don't want the super floppy combs in my flock.

 

[ShellyLynnW]

My first year with my girls, so first winter. We started with 10 beautiful sweet Leghorns, 2 small white silkie hens, a white silkie rooster and an interesting little bantam rooster of Silkie Cochin mix, lol, he's cute in his own way. Unfortunately, we found one of our precious girls, Prudence, a Leghorn, all bloody on her comb, side of face and neck. This had never happened!? I used bluecoat and set her up in a cage inside the coop with vitamin/probiotic/electrolyte water and food and sadly, the next morning she was gone... Does anyone think the cold made it harder for her to recover? I'm so mad at myself, and so sad. The chickens have tons of room, I don't know what happened, but I'm so worried about what to do if this happens again, especially during this very cold time! I was told Leghorns were not very good for anything but laying, but I'd already had them when I was hearing this and wasn't about to get rid of my cute little chicks. I can pleasantly say, that everyone who said that was so very wrong! They are sweet, loving, follow me around the yard and great layers to boot! I am saving $ for Maremma's this spring , and hoping to add more Silkie's and Leghorns! One of my Leghorns even went broody last Fall, so I'm hoping to hatch myself?? But, either way, any thoughts on the cold affecting my girls ability to heal? Also, any suggestions on them laying in the rafters, hard to get the eggs that way, lol.

 

[annaBsChick]

Yes, please read this

 

[annaBsChick]

http://www.poultrydvm.com/cases/henna