Frostbitten comb HELP!!!!!!!!!!

[Cottage Rose]

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This is not true in most cases.
Living in the north we deal with this often.
I've never treated frost bite and none of my frost bit victums ever became infected and certainly none died.
The frozen parts will atrophy and fall off.
No big deal.

 

[weloveourchicks]

I am in the same situation; just went down to the coop and my Brown leghorn roo looks as if he has frostbite. His wadddle is black and actually bleeding some

Would that be frostbite? I am headed down to put neosporin on it, is that correct? Any advice is appreciated.

Also, just wondering if it is frostbite and his waddle turns black and falls off, will it grow back?

- - Susan

 

[Cottage Rose]

Yes, your roo most likely has frostbite.
The of winter 2001 we experienced some night time low temps of -25º.
One of the roo's got frost bit wattles.
It didn't help that they draped into the water everytime he was drinking.
The tips were red, very swollen, turned black and evetually atrophied and fell off.
I don't remember that I did anything special for him.
He survived just fine and no they do not grow back.
Don't worry...he will probably be fine.

A tip for cold climate chicken lovers...
get breeds with pea or rose combs
and ones that don't get real big wattles.

 

[The Chicken Lady]

If injured, combs and wattles do not grow back. It's similar to a human losing part of a finger.

 

[Chickerdoodle13]

Sometimes the tips may grow back a little bit, but when too much is damaged, nothing will grow back except for some of the skin in the area that was actually damaged.

Like the chicken lady said, it's similar to injuring your finger. If you only lose the very tip (the skin), it will grow back, but as soon as you lose more (Where the bone starts), it will not grow back.

 

[mksenoj]

I agree with this very much. We are in NY and have this problem.


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[carpetbeggar]

So someone asked about neosporin and or polysporin on the waddles and combs...Is this a good idea or should we just stick with Vaseline, a poly/neo/Vaseline mixture, or nothing at all?
Thanks

 

[ZuulLanceMaster]

I read that you should cut it off....

sorry to hear about it.... good luck!

 

[baileychic]

Need to know what to do. One Rooster has wattles that have turned to ice cubes! I think he dipped them in the water one too many times. Anyway, they are awful looking. Is it too late for vaseline? Or should I grease him up?

 

[silkiechicken]

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Vaseline is just prevention. If they are fozen solid, the best thing to do once they thaw is to cut them off as the tissue will be dead. Removing dead tissue will prevent infection and gangerene, although, many dead extremities do fall off eventually.