Frostbite?

[FluffyButts55]

Is this mild frostbite? The black -grayish part? I haven't dealt with frostbite before.Her name is timbit.

 

[Eggcessive]

What is your climate now? It looks like some black from running into wire fencing.

 

[FluffyButts55]

It has been pretty cold here in canada, but we have an insulated coop. She is at the bottom of the pecking order; We have mesh fencing.

 

[nuthatched]

It has been pretty cold here in canada, but we have an insulated coop. She is at the bottom of the pecking order; We have mesh fencing.

Do they have plenty of ventilation in the coop?

 

[WhatsUpDuck]

Are you putting Vaseline on her comb on really cold nights?

 

[Eggcessive]

You may see some frostbite on combs when temps get below 10 F or there is a strong direct draft. They need high up ventilation in the coop to let out humidity from their breath, but I usually put plastic feed bags over the lower 2/3 of my windows, so they don’t get the drafts. I don’t recommend putting vaseline or other oil on combs, since that can also freeze and cause mire damage.

 

[WhatsUpDuck]

You may see some frostbite on combs when temps get below 10 F or there is a strong direct draft. They need high up ventilation in the coop to let out humidity from their breath, but I usually put plastic feed bags over the lower 2/3 of my windows, so they don’t get the drafts. I don’t recommend putting vaseline or other oil on combs, since that can also freeze and cause mire damage.

Really? I heard the opposite thanks for letting us know that. I will be studying up on that some more! What can we put on it instead?

 

[Eggcessive]

Really? I heard the opposite thanks for letting us know that. I will be studying up on that some more! What can we put on it instead?

It is rather controversial since some frostbite articles recommend it. I prefer not to use it.

 

[WhatsUpDuck]

I see I will research it. We live in an area the coldest it has been here since we've lived her for two winters was -4 F but mostly the cold weather is 0 in January early February. We have two roosters with really big combs. I mean we don't live in Canada cold or anything, but this will be my first winter with a flock.