HELP with ventilation please, frostbite on comb

[carlaashdown]

as long as you will close your normal ventilation enough to avoid drafts in high winds, the (outside) windchill is irrelevant,

Are you positive those are frostbites and not pecking wounds from being cooped up? Please post pics. I am not sure how is it possible for them to get frostbites in such mild temps unless with drizzle and wind inside the coop.

I am certain. It’s not pecking wounds.

Frostbite can occur in 20s and 30s with dampness. Our humidity is high here.

No drizzle or wind in the coop.

 

[carlaashdown]

One those comb tips look frostbitten, nothing can be done to improve them. As @aart said, leave them alone.
Ventilation above the roosts is best, is there any? Can the upper area of at least one window, on the leeward side of the coop, be opened?
After a long time, I bought two combination thermometer/ hygrometers for my coop, and they have helped me figure out how things are in there. You can't get any coop dryer than ambient, but seeing condensation inside is way past 'okay'.
Here we also don't have roosters with big single combs, something you didn't feel necessary, given your mild climate. Your boy will maybe lose those comb tips, and will be just fine without them.
Mary

One those comb tips look frostbitten, nothing can be done to improve them. As @aart said, leave them alone.
Ventilation above the roosts is best, is there any? Can the upper area of at least one window, on the leeward side of the coop, be opened?
After a long time, I bought two combination thermometer/ hygrometers for my coop, and they have helped me figure out how things are in there. You can't get any coop dryer than ambient, but seeing condensation inside is way past 'okay'.
Here we also don't have roosters with big single combs, something you didn't feel necessary, given your mild climate. Your boy will maybe lose those comb tips, and will be just fine without them.
Mary

I have a thermometer/hygrometer in the coop - shows humidity %, temp, etc.

No condensation in the coop. The windows only open from the bottom like traditional windows, and they are roost level so I’m not keen on keeping them open with the cold, strong winds.

 

[CanadaEh]

Our humidity is high here.

define high? I think it is not humidity that a problem but rather condensation. and dripping over chicken heads. E.g right at the moment for us it is 97% 32F outside, 90% 37F inside.

I.e. the coop humidity going to be only few percent dryer than outside and there is nothing you can do about it besides heating the coop.

 

[Folly's place]

If there's a window on the leeward side of your coop, cracking it open should be okay.

 

[Folly's place]

We've had cock birds with frostbitten combs here too, sometimes it's just going to happen. Not terrific, but not awful either.
Your coop looks very nice!
One problem can be open water dishes, if birds walk through them in cold weather, and get frozen toes. I don't use dog bowl type dishes in winter because of that. Also, roosters with big wattles can get them wet and frozen in open water dishes.
Mary

 

[carlaashdown]

We've had cock birds with frostbitten combs here too, sometimes it's just going to happen. Not terrific, but not awful either.
Your coop looks very nice!
One problem can be open water dishes, if birds walk through them in cold weather, and get frozen toes. I don't use dog bowl type dishes in winter because of that. Also, roosters with big wattles can get them wet and frozen in open water dishes.
Mary

Thank you! I’d like to reconfigure the inside, but will have to convince the hubby it needs to be done lol

I don’t have any dishes inside the coop and don’t use open ones or dog bowl style, but I agree.

 

[carlaashdown]

If there's a window on the leeward side of your coop, cracking it open should be okay.

The leeward side would be the one there in the picture by the roosts. Okay to crack or too close?

 

[mowin]

I have 2sqf of ventilation for each bird, well above the roost.
Frostbite has happened to my gals, minimal, but my rooster has gotten the worst of it. Not terrible, but I wish it didn't happen. - 15 a day or two last week, and well below zero tonight.

 

[carlaashdown]

I have 2sqf of ventilation for each bird, well above the roost.
Frostbite has happened to my gals, minimal, but my rooster has gotten the worst of it. Not terrible, but I wish it didn't happen. - 15 a day or two last week, and well below zero tonight.

I’m sorry that its happened to your birds.
Cold is not usually an issue here, so I’m glad to hear that it’s happened to others with similar adequate ventilation. Makes me feel a little better that I haven’t neglected to do something for them.

 

[mowin]

I’m sorry that its happened to your birds.
Cold is not usually an issue here, so I’m glad to hear that it’s happened to others with similar adequate ventilation. Makes me feel a little better that I haven’t neglected to do something for them.

Frostbite happens regardless of how one tried to prevent it.
Some can say they haven't had a single issue in the same temps, but was it the same humidity, temps, same coop facing the same direction to prevailing winds, ect? Unless someone is my neighbor and has no frostbite issues, only then would I question my ventilation or coop setup.

Still wish it didn't happen.