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Because if you're up near the mountains it gets much colder.
I guess I am the only one that remembers the blizzard.
ETA: One of many press reports:
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/blog/weather/2007/12/hawaii-blizzard.html
Nobody lives on Mauna Kea or Mauna Loa(except short term astronomers) it is 3 hours and 13,000 feet of driving. Waimea is the closest place anyone would live and it probably only ever gets down to 50* at night. Anyway the poster lives on Maui. There is often snow on Mauna Kea, however I think I can guarentee you that there is not a single chicken in any part of hawaii who has ever been in danger of being frostbitten.
Ill even go one step further...I live in Colorado at 8000 and can pretty much guarantee you that no chicken would ever get frostbitten here even in a blizzard. It has to be quite a bit colder and for a sustained period.
That said....
I have always personally been against dubbing. Im am fully aware of why it is done, but why is everyone here up in arms? It is a standard for many of the breeds to be shown with. It serves no purpose except for fighting, yet many people want their birds to look that way.
If these boys lived in a community in Hawaii where most of the other cocks were dubbed, then maybe they just thought it looked cool.
Maybe he was used for fighting but I doubt it. Fighting birds never last long.
Chickens can get frostbitten here in Mississippi.. Which probably has some of the warmest winters (except last year). We never even got snow and most of the time it rained. It was a surprise if it even got under 65 degrees. So i wouldn't doubt they can get frostbitten in Colorado..