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[Winter Creek Coop]

Might put some Vaseline on his comb to help protect from the chill.

We were -6 this morning and have 8 inches of snow in Meeker...central.

It may have been coincidence but he is the only one my child put vaseline on and he was the worst affected.

 

[Winter Creek Coop]

We have three roosters in the house now haha.

 

[NanaKat]

It may have been coincidence but he is the only one my child put vaseline on and he was the worst affected.

Wow. I have 129 chickens that we just put thru NPIP testing. I use Vaseline on all my birds....on combs and legs. Most are LF Wyandotte. A few are bantam breeds.

 

[Winter Creek Coop]

Wow. I have 129 chickens that we just put thru NPIP testing. I use Vaseline on all my birds....on combs and legs. Most are LF Wyandotte. A few are bantam breeds.

Must have been a coincidence then. What’s an LF Wyandotte?

 

[Fallenone05]

It may have been coincidence but he is the only one my child put vaseline on and he was the worst affected.

Vaseline is an oil based application but it locks in moisture. It often makes frostbite worse.

 

[NanaKat]

Must have been a coincidence then. What’s an LF Wyandotte?

I have large fowl Columbian Wyandotte...here are a few of them.
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[NanaKat]

Vaseline is an oil based application but it locks in moisture. It often makes frostbite worse.

I apply a little to the combs using a soft cloth then I rub it in. This way it cleans and softens the surface and the rubbing invigorates the blood flow in the comb.
Wyandotte do not have a large standup comb. Instead the rose comb lies close to the contour of the head.

 

[Winter Creek Coop]

 

[CLSranch]

Yay. At least it's going to be + double digits.
The wife said (I missed it) the weather said -17 this morn. It's -7 now acording to the outdoor thermometer.
Stay warm all.

 

[Winter Creek Coop]

This temp has got to suck even for chickens. We cleared a bunch of ground in front of the coop yesterday so they would have some room to sun on dry ground. We brought three single combed roosters in last night. One had some damage and two bantams were too pretty to let their combs and wattles get frost bitten. Even with the coop wrapped in reflective barrier and with a heat lamp it is still really cold in there when its -10 outside. Its rare to get this low here, but I may upgrade the new coop and the old one to better handle subzero temps. Either that or just put then all in the greenhouse with a heater on