Help!!

[Threechimkens]

My chicken got a frost bite! What should I do?? I put some Vaseline on it’s comb but idk how to fix it

 

[CluckerFamily]

Do you have a picture?
How bad is it?

 

[MissE]

My chicken got a frost bite! What should I do?? I put some Vaseline on it’s comb but idk how to fix it

Just leave it alone. Don't put anything on it at this point, and don't touch it. Try to improve ventilation in your coop to cut down on moisture. Mine all end up with a touch of frostbite this time of year. Best advise is to keep them dry.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

My chicken got a frost bite! What should I do?? I put some Vaseline on it’s comb but idk how to fix it

Photos would be helpful.

If the comb is frostbitten it would be better to leave it alone and not handle it.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Vaseline does nothinh, really. Taking water out ofnthe coop at night and making sure there's ventilation goes a long way. But some birds (especially huge single combs) will just get it.

 

[Johanna Albertine]

Just leave it alone. Don't put anything on it at this point, and don't touch it. Try to improve ventilation in your coop to cut down on moisture. Mine all end up with a touch of frostbite this time of year. Best advise is to keep them dry.

Thank you, that’s reassuring. We are going through an arctic cold snap here in the Northeast, and I noticed a few spots of black on the chickens’ combs this morning that I thought might be frost bite. They are hardy breeds with small rose combs, though.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Thank you, that’s reassuring. We are going through an arctic cold snap here in the Northeast, and I noticed a few spots of black on the chickens’ combs this morning that I thought might be frost bite. They are hardy breeds with small rose combs, though.

If it's cold enough, any combs can get it. I have a pea combed Cornish bantam that almost lost his whole comb a few days ago

 

[Threechimkens]

Just leave it alone. Don't put anything on it at this point, and don't touch it. Try to improve ventilation in your coop to cut down on moisture. Mine all end up with a touch of frostbite this time of year. Best advise is to keep them dry.

Are frostbites deadly because mine has a bit but not the whole comb

 

[Threechimkens]

Just leave it alone. Don't put anything on it at this point, and don't touch it. Try to improve ventilation in your coop to cut down on moisture. Mine all end up with a touch of frostbite this time of year. Best advise is to keep them dry.

I keep their door open for ventilation it’s also dry in the coop

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Are frostbites deadly because mine has a bit but not the whole comb

Photos please

Generally Frostbite is not deadly, but you will want to monitor it.