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[flyladyrocks]

Random popping in, just cannot seem to find the time to get on here (I am supposed to be working on lesson plans right now!) I think that frostbite is just a wait and see game. The last round of frostbite here seemed to heal up really well. This round - you can see exactly where my roo tucked his beak under his wing (someone told me roos don't do that, noone told him though!). He has a line of black frostbite on the area too big to tuck. So does my one hen with a big comb. After several people telling me they took the hands off approach as Leah's mom did, I am doing that too. So we will see. After last winter I saw people's chickens with part of their combs that fell off (not growing back), and others that did not, they healed well so who knows! I am really hoping my poor roo doesn't lose his majestic comb!

Just wondering if the frostbitten comb tips will fall off in spring. My lav Orp roo has a TALL comb. During this last week the very tips of his comb & a little area on edge of wattles turned black. Some of my hens have some frosting too. (theirs looks whitish not black.) Last year I saw posts of a roo that recovered well with no interference. Did the edges fall off then heal up smaller or did it kind of grow back?

 

[Leahs Mom]

I just returned from a trip to Ohio to visit the inlaws. Packed some birds for a guy who said he wanted to buy them, but he was a no show on the way there and again on the way back. So his loss is someone else's gain! I have a lovely group of Jaerhon that I am letting go of at a winter special price: 3 hens (will be just one year old next month), 2 pullets and 5 cockerels - all for just $50. Local pickup only. I am in SE Anderson.

I hope everyone stays warm and SAFE with the ice and snow coming in!

I think you should post a photo!

 

[flyladyrocks]

Below are the pics of my boy & girl with larger combs. Both have frostbite, but the girl should be OK. (This happened to her last year & it seemed to just fade when the weather warmed up.)
It's my roo that has me concerned. We had some very brutal weather this past week. It's nice to be back up to the mid twenties today. Did anyone ever have frostbitten comb this bad? For now, I'm just leaving it.

 

[SallyinIndiana]

my rooster lost his points in the 2013/2014 winter. But he is fine otherwise.

 

[flyladyrocks]

Well, this morning was exciting.

I filled the heated bucket and was getting it set up in the coop for the day, when my brilliant Easter-egger hen, Mako, decided to walk through it instead of around it. Then, when I grabbed her to dry her off and was trying to one-handed-ly put something over the bucket to keep it from happening again, my speckled Sussex, Poggy, walked through the water as well.

Had to dry some chickens off in a hurry.

Miss Cubby is back inside again, but other than that (and the bucket incident), everyone seems fine with the cold. Running around in the paths I've shoveled and eating snow for no apparent reason.

Yesterday, no one wanted to come outside for long, but the coop felt much warmer inside than the outside air without the use of supplemental heat, so I can understand that. I'm dreading trying to clean up all of those frozen droppings from 41 cooped up chickens, though...

Hee, Hee, had to laugh. Sounds like something mine would do. Seriously I can often be impressed with how smart my chickens are, and then amazed at how dumb.Why walk through - curiosity I guess! OOO lets check it out come on everyone!

I actually came home Tuesday night after work and tripped over a pile of frozen chicken poop on the back porch. I feel your pain but I don't have 41 (yet...) Mine like to eat snow too - why? I mean are they not cold enough?

Never got a chance to respond to your "confession" earlier this week. So sorry about your precious flock (wait - that was you right? Now I doubt my memory). I know I could not bring myself to get rid of anyone either.

 

[birdman55]

well just thought I would pop in and say hi its been awhile...I just update my forum below in blue...I go thru step by step on how to orally give meds to birds...with a lot of pics....so check it out....and post..
thanks for your time..

getting the doors done tonight for the next three coops and just entered lockdown...so chicks coming soon

 

[CharlemagneRoost]

I think you should post a photo! 

Here are some photos from my flock this year - the three hens in the group being offered may be pictured here. I will try to get photos of the young ones this week.

 

[ellymayRans]

Yup I always have golf balls in my boxes. I've had birds for almost two years now and not had this problem until now like you said after a few eggs they figure out where the boxes are. Maybe I should take curtains off a couple boxes and see if that helps?
Yea! I need some more of your marans!!!

I'll post and let you know when I get my pairs together!!

 

[Leahs Mom]

my rooster lost his points in the 2013/2014 winter. But he is fine otherwise.

Did you do anything to treat them or just let them heal on their own?

 

[SallyinIndiana]

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I left him alone. I watched and watched but there were no signs of infection. the tips turned black then gradually at the place where the red met the black, the tips kind of broke away much like gradually tearing a folded paper on the line one little bit each day. There was no bleeding that I noticed. Combs bleed and bleed when cut so I was expecting a blood mess in the coop when the points came off but nothing. This same rooster got bumblefoot the following spring. It was clear that he was in pain then but he did not appear to be in pain from the comb. His wattles did not get dark.