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[Chickies21]

Welcome to BYC! Best of luck with your flock.

Thanks

 

[Chickies21]

Howdy, and Welcome to Backyard Chickens.

Happy to have you here with us. Enjoy your time here at BYC!

Thanks for joining our community!

Sure I will

 

[Chickies21]

Hiya, and welcome to BYC!

I looked up your weather to see what you deal with there and don't see how on earth any got frostbite. Maybe climate change brings you some strange weather?

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Anyway, lots of helpful tips above! We're glad you're here!

Its gonna get cold in december to january and the roosters are already getting frostbite thanks we will try making it hitter when its cold

 

[Chickies21]

Best wishes with your flock, hope you can provide some additional protection from the weather.

I will try maybe some heat water

 

[Chickies21]

Hello! I hope this site helps with improvements for your flock!

Thanks for joining and welcome to BackYard Chickens!

It will definitely help

 

[Debbie292d]

Its gonna get cold in december to january and the roosters are already getting frostbite thanks we will try making it hitter when its cold

Humidity plus temps below 32°F is what causes frostbite. They can stand the cold temps to a certain extent, if it's dry.

We have high humidity here year-round, like right now it's 85%, but our coop is 66%. I don't know if you have this, but we use horse bedding pellets on the floor and nipple buckets for the water, so no open water in the coop. The pellets dry out the poop. They also eliminate smell.

 

[Chickies21]

Humidity plus temps below 32°F is what causes frostbite. They can stand the cold temps to a certain extent, if it's dry.

We have high humidity here year-round, like right now it's 85%, but our coop is 66%. I don't know if you have this, but we use horse bedding pellets on the floor and nipple buckets for the water, so no open water in the coop. The pellets dry out the poop. They also eliminate smell.

Its already 28 and 26 in the morning

 

[Chickies21]

Its already 28 and 26 in the morning

 

[Chickies21]

Very good bedding we don't Have. but we have wood S havings in the brooder its inside our house but its stinky

 

[DobieLover]

Its already 28 and 26 in the morning

At those temperatures you should not be getting any frostbite. It sounds like you don't have anywhere near enough ventilation to move the moist air out of the coop. Coops should be designed with as close as you can get to one square foot of permanently open ventilation PER BIRD with the vast majority of it well above their heads and a smaller amount of lower ventilation to permit the entrance of fresh clean dry air. All permanently open ventilation should be secured with 1/2" hardware cloth to prevent predator entrance.