Frost bitten and bleeding comb, please help!

[Thana Skysor]

Hi,
I have an 8 month old rooster and his comb has frostbite. I’ve kept him inside for several weeks and it has gotten better. It was 45 degrees today ( considered warm at this time of winter where I live) so I thought I would take him out to the rest of the flock. I noticed some drops of blood in the run but couldn’t find any chicken bleeding. However, it’s been a few hours and when I went to feed the chickens the rooster left some blood on the food container. I’ve brought him back inside to examine him and the black part of his comb is bleeding. His poop is also watery and greenish. I’m really worried, what should I do?

 

[Mrs J]

Hi
I would keep him apart from the rest of the flock, so they can all see each other but not touch. Chickens will peck him especially once they see blood. Do not touch his comb, it will be painful for him and touching, rubbing etc will make it worse. It should heal itself in time. There are plenty of threads on this forum about frostbite, with really good information. Just put it in the search bar and press search. And Welcome to Backyard Chickens

 

[Thana Skysor]

Thank you so much, I actually made an account just for this question. It will be cold outside for the next couple days/weeks so is it safe to leave him outside or should I bring him inside until he completely heals or when the weather gets warmer?

 

[Mrs J]

Thank you so much, I actually made an account just for this question. It will be cold outside for the next couple days/weeks so is it safe to leave him outside or should I bring him inside until he completely heals or when the weather gets warmer?

I would keep him outside, so they can all see each other, but they can’t touch him. what is the ventilation like in your coop?

 

[Iluveggers]

@JacinLarkwell is good with frostbite questions, so I am tagging him here for you.

 

[Thana Skysor]

I would keep him outside, so they can all see each other, but they can’t touch him. what is the ventilation like in your coop?

It’s a small coop but the roof is raised a couple inches and there are is a cross ventilation hole by the top too. It gets really cold here though, in the teens or single digits at night.

 

[Thana Skysor]

@JacinLarkwell is good with frostbite questions, so I am tagging him here for you.

Thank you

 

[Mrs J]

I will tag @DobieLover who is really good at explaining about ventilation

 

[JacinLarkwell]

The black parts are likely to bleed still until they're fully dead. I'm not sure about poop, but I do know even with amazing ventilation, sometimes frostbite is just impossible to prevent unfortunately. Keep an eye on it and try to make sure he doesn't open the wounds

 

[DobieLover]

there are is a cross ventilation hole by the top too.

This is a horribly insufficient amount of ventilation.
It sounds like you have a pre-fab coop. They are not only always far too small to house the number of birds the literature claims they'll house, they are terribly designed.
I would start another thread in the Coop & Run Forum that includes pictures of your set-up. But I suspect your best option will be to build an entirely new coop.
All coops need copious amounts of ventilation, targeting 1 sq ft of permanently open ventilation per one LF bird. The ideal place for this ventilation is in the soffits paired with vents in the gables and/or ridge.
Is he eating and drinking well? You mentioned watery green poop. Can you post a picture of that?