Help - Frostbite?

[AppleMomma65]

Came home from Fla. and found that one of my chickens has part of a dark comb. Hubby let the chickens out for the day but it snowed here in N. Wisconsinand got super cold and damp. He Put them back in coop - which isn’t totally winterized yet - there are open spots. Is this frostbite? I did gently clean it and put some bacitracin on it ...

 

[Eggcessive]

Injury and running into fencing while being chased could do that. We are getting colder, and by December through February, we will see a ton of frostbite threads. Time will tell which it is, but I am leaning toward injury or pecking. It should heal. Frostbite can cause the tips of the comb to turn black, then shrivel up, and become rounded off.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

It might be Frostbite.
I lean toward injury too.
Either way, I would leave it alone and just watch it.
Frostbite is from moisture and exposure, so blocking wind but providing plenty of ventilation to move moisture out of the coop helps prevent frostbite.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

If frostbite, will that part fall off? Or heal?

Time will tell.

 

[CluckerFamily]

It could be frostbite. Keep an eye on it.

 

[AppleMomma65]

It might be Frostbite.
I lean toward injury too.
Either way, I would leave it alone and just watch it.
Frostbite is from moisture and exposure, so blocking wind but providing plenty of ventilation to move moisture out of the coop helps prevent frostbite.

If frostbite, will that part fall off? Or heal?