I'm lazy...vaseline question...

[Shannon's Chix]

I don't feel like going back to the store. I sent my son to get some vaseline to put on combs tonight for a hard freeze and he came home with a vaseline lotion!

Can I still use this or do I have to go to the store? What about crisco or something? Obviously I'm being lazy today...

 

[Dar]

is it really that cold in Florida that they are risking frostbite

 

[dappertophatter]

North Florida does get occasional freezes, Dar.

I would think that the lotion would have irritanting perfumes and such- I woudl think Crisco would be OK (they're both oily, same textureish), but I have never tried that, and don't want to risk my or somebody else's flock.

Go get the Vaseline.

 

[featherbaby]

You might as well go get the vaseline, it's going to be dipping into the 20's for the next 7 days. Arrrrrgggghhhh!!!! I moved to FL because I hated cold weather. What happened??? Do you have a heater in your coop? I do and it works great. The thermostat holds it steady at about 60 with no worries.

 

[yoker]

I live in Alberta canada and I didn't put anything on my Roosters (cause I didn't know vaseline helped, and they got frost bite.) So I don't think yours need anything (just my thoughts)

 

[kcsunshine]

How cold's it supposed to get there? It was 17 yesterday and 14 this AM, and mine just have a roosting coop - not one big enough to stay in all day. They're fine. They scramble (no pun intended) to get outside every morning.