Help frozen feet!

[MamaPoult]

Good Morning everyone. I'm having a slight emergency with one of my hens. It's been very cold here for a series of several weeks. My chickens have been doing fine as long as there's hot water and extra treats. Yesterday it warmed up to -10f so I decided to let my chickens out in the run (it's a covered run so it's not snowy at all). I put some food and water out there but was sure to also keep some inside coop in case they got cold. Last evening after I returned I noticed one of my 18m old hens not walking normally- come to find out her feet were frozen SOLID! I brought her inside with some food water. She's thawed now and her feet have some feeling again (I poked her foot with my fingernail and she flinched and pulled back). Her feet and very purple/red and swollen and she isn't walking normal yet. So my question is- will she go back to normal and gain feeling again and if so how long??

 

[Fluffy_Butt_Hutt]

She most likely has feeling back already, but pictures would be more helpful. The swelling will naturally reduce at this point, can't do much after it has happened. She shouldn't be walking until a majority of her foot is back to a normal color and the swelling is gone. Keep her on flat but grippy surfaces. Keep her in a warm environment to speed up her recovery so she can reabsorb all that blood. Putting her back in a cold environment could make her lose her foot if it isn't already self-amputating. How long would depend on how you treat her and pictures. It could be between two weeks to a month.

 

[MamaPoult]

She most likely has feeling back already, but pictures would be more helpful. The swelling will naturally reduce at this point, can't do much after it has happened. She shouldn't be walking until a majority of her foot is back to a normal color and the swelling is gone. Keep her on flat but grippy surfaces. Keep her in a warm environment to speed up her recovery so she can reabsorb all that blood. Putting her back in a cold environment could make her lose her foot if it isn't already self-amputating. How long would depend on how you treat her and pictures. It could be between two weeks to a month.

Okay! I just took some photos, hopefully they're helpful. Thank you for the reply. I'm trying to find something I can do quickly. We live in a very small house and my family doesn't fancy a chicken being indoors. I also understand that I can't just chuck her back outside though. They don't seem to be autoamputating yet!

 

[Fluffy_Butt_Hutt]

Could you dog kennel her in an unused part of a kitchen, bathroom, possibly heated storage? Anywhere the family won't notice too much

 

[MamaPoult]

Could you dog kennel her in an unused part of a kitchen, bathroom, possibly heated storage? Anywhere the family won't notice too much

Yes, she's as out of the way as possible. We have no heated out buildings or anything and my room is the closest to the heat source in our house therefore very hot so she can't be in there either. We live off grid in a cabin we built and just haven't had the time to expand yet. I could talk to my Dad about it and see if we can come up with something though.