I live in Iowa and the windchill during winter can hit -40°.
My Orpington rooster is molting and one of the pin feathers on his neck must've broken, because the hens plucked him naked and now he has a mullet. I'm worried about the exposed skin now that we are heading into the colder months and the soon to be coldest part of the year. I have a heated waterer but it isn't a nipple waterer and I don't want him to get frostbite. Is there anything I can do for him? Am I worried for nothing?
My Orpington rooster is molting and one of the pin feathers on his neck must've broken, because the hens plucked him naked and now he has a mullet. I'm worried about the exposed skin now that we are heading into the colder months and the soon to be coldest part of the year. I have a heated waterer but it isn't a nipple waterer and I don't want him to get frostbite. Is there anything I can do for him? Am I worried for nothing?