Frostbite In desperate need of advice!

[V8martinez]

Hi everyone! New to this forum page and I am in a bit of a panic, my rooster boy (Brad Pitt) has had a bad hit of frostbite and I am in a stump on what to do! I've tried researching but feel it's best if I get more than one advice than from websites! Where I live we hit some hardcore low temperatures that is not common where I live and he was doing just fine until the last week! Please help!

 

[Chickenma2021]

I'm new to frostbite in chickens and haven't had an experience with frostbite but the only thing I know is that Vaseline can prevent frostbite on combs and wattles. You can slowly warm up the chicken to help with circulation in the area. Other than that, I'm not sure if I can help you. @Wyorp Rock might be able to help.

 

[aart]

I'm new to frostbite in chickens and haven't had an experience with frostbite but the only thing I know is that Vaseline can prevent frostbite on combs and wattles. You can slowly warm up the chicken to help with circulation in the area.

Neither of those is true.
If you don't know, don't reply


Have had a couple that bad, it will heal on it's own.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/frostbite-in-sw-michigan.74597/

Where I live we hit some hardcore low temperatures

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[LaFleche]

Hi everyone! New to this forum page and I am in a bit of a panic, my rooster boy (Brad Pitt) has had a bad hit of frostbite and I am in a stump on what to do! I've tried researching but feel it's best if I get more than one advice than from websites! Where I live we hit some hardcore low temperatures that is not common where I live and he was doing just fine until the last week! Please help!
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Ouch, poor guy!

The only thing you can do at this point: improve the ventilation in your coop, don't keep any water source in the coop, clean out the poop daily and have a nice and wind sheltered corner for your chickens to hide when storms come up.

I would not handle, treat or touch this severely frostbitten comb at all, as the damage is already done and touching it will hurt as hell.

And "warming him up" will only make it worse.

 

[Chickenma2021]

And "warming him up" will only make it worse.

Sorry about that! I was just trying to help and searched it up and multiple articles said that. I will keep that in mind.

 

[LaFleche]

Sorry about that! I was just trying to help and searched it up and multiple articles said that. I will keep that in mind.

All good.

The internet is a wonderful thing, but often the things we can read there, are not applicable. And without any experience of one's own in these matters, it can be hard to know what's right or wrong.

 

[LaFleche]

Hi everyone! New to this forum page and I am in a bit of a panic, my rooster boy (Brad Pitt) has had a bad hit of frostbite and I am in a stump on what to do! I've tried researching but feel it's best if I get more than one advice than from websites! Where I live we hit some hardcore low temperatures that is not common where I live and he was doing just fine until the last week! Please help!
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Another tip: hang the waterer as high as possible, so the chickens's wattles will not hang in the water and later get frostbite being wet.

And let them have some hay bales to stand or crouch down on, so they will be able to get away from the icy ground.

 

[V8martinez]

Neither of those is true.
If you don't know, don't reply


Have had a couple that bad, it will heal on it's own.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/frostbite-in-sw-michigan.74597/


Welcome to BYC @V8martinez
Where in this world are you located?
Climate, and time of year, is almost always a factor.
Please add your general geographical location to your profile.
It's easy to do, and then it's always there!

I'm in BC Canada, we got to -33 which in the town I'm in isn't common

 

[V8martinez]

Another tip: hang the waterer as high as possible, so the chickens's wattles will not hang in the water and later get frostbite being wet.

And let them have some hay bales to stand or crouch down on, so they will be able to get away from the icy ground.

Yeah I have heaters hung and hay all over the floors of their coop, the cold snap isn't going to last and my other chickens are doing good, but he got hit

 

[V8martinez]

Ouch, poor guy!

The only thing you can do at this point: improve the ventilation in your coop, don't keep any water source in the coop, clean out the poop daily and have a nice and wind sheltered corner for your chickens to hide when storms come up.

I would not handle, treat or touch this severely frostbitten comb at all, as the damage is already done and touching it will hurt as hell.

And "warming him up" will only make it worse.

Agh thanks... I feel horrible that I can't help him as much as I wish I could! He's the only one of all the chickens that got hit, everyone else is fine