dashman1319
Chirping
Hi all,
I just walked out to check on my chickens in their snowed in coop and was surprised and upset to find that one appears to have pretty advanced frostbite on her comb. We've had a lot of sudden snow and though I thought their coop was free of drafts I may have been wrong. It's also been very difficult to keep everything as dry as I would like as the snow melts off. None of the other four birds appear to be affected at all. I have been checking them daily, and maybe I missed some scaling that should have indicated frostbite, since part of the comb has turned black and a bit appears missing...possibly pecked off by another bird.
Pictures are below. I've isolated her as well as I can for now. Most of the articles I've found about frostbite are how to avoid it in the first place...what are the best steps now that it's happened? Thanks for your help...we're all freaking out!
I just walked out to check on my chickens in their snowed in coop and was surprised and upset to find that one appears to have pretty advanced frostbite on her comb. We've had a lot of sudden snow and though I thought their coop was free of drafts I may have been wrong. It's also been very difficult to keep everything as dry as I would like as the snow melts off. None of the other four birds appear to be affected at all. I have been checking them daily, and maybe I missed some scaling that should have indicated frostbite, since part of the comb has turned black and a bit appears missing...possibly pecked off by another bird.
Pictures are below. I've isolated her as well as I can for now. Most of the articles I've found about frostbite are how to avoid it in the first place...what are the best steps now that it's happened? Thanks for your help...we're all freaking out!