It's flippin cold here!

[Hensndoes]

i think it's finally over. Been -20 for days. Everyone fare well except for my marans roo. Is there anything I can do to help him recover? Is this beyond help?

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Leave him alone. He will recover without any intervention. Some of my roosters have frostbite too. My Barnevelder rooster looks just as bad as your. Mine is already missing half his comb, and half a wattle from previous years. The remaining wattle is now frostbitten, so he will even up this winter.

Your boy will be okay. It may take a month or two before you see him healed. He will probably do some funky head shaking and look a bit miserable for a while, but he will be okay. Messing with the damaged tissue can cause pain and more damage.

 

[Hensndoes]

Thanks Oldhen. I kinda thought best to let him be. hard life being a proud roo!

 

[AmazingRachel]

View attachment 1229976 i think it's finally over. Been -20 for days. Everyone fare well except for my marans roo. Is there anything I can do to help him recover? Is this beyond help?

I went to a vet for when my roo had frostbite. She said that even though chickens register pain differently than we do, that my roo was at the very least mildly uncomfortable because frostbite is considered a type of burn. She gave me a topical cream, silver sulfadiazine, in order to prevent infection and heal it up faster. She also said to keep him in a place where it keeps around or above freezing so that it doesn't refreeze (which causes more damage) and so he doesn't get too acclimated to the "warmer" temperatures.

 

[AmazingRachel]

Since it's on his wattles (looks like it's because of drinking water), you could coat the area in Vaseline to prevent further damage.