Purple comb

[Seeds1711]

Hello everyone, I’m new to chicken owning & I say new as in close to a year. During this time it’s been a lot of up & down. After I built my coop I was Excited to get my first set of chicks! I found a feed store with good reviews on google & got my babies! Within a few weeks they got sick & one by one died. After a while I got Another set & seems like I ran Into the same issue where they all died. All but one which we called Oreo. Oreo was a loner for a month & then we got two grown hens . No territorial issues & everything seemed good! Turned out Oreo was a male & we think we was trying to mate & tore up one of my hens. She passed & I went back to my feed store where they offered to trade out Oreo with one of their hens. My two girls were doing good for another month or so & I decided to get two silkie chicks. Separated the chicks from the big girls in the coop & everything was fine .. till yesterday . One of my grown hens stopped walking, her comb turned purple . I give Fresh water every two or so days & buy good hi protein food. They get snacks & I add fresh bedding once every twoish months. My coop run is all open & my coop has plenty of windows for ventilation. These girls are more like pets to me & it’s really been hard.

 

[casportpony]

Welcome to BYC. Can you post pictures of your coop and run?

 

[Seeds1711]

Welcome to BYC. Can you post pictures of your coop and run?

 

[Seeds1711]

I’ve got a tarp around the bottom to block the wind for my baby silkies . I’ll be bringing them in my house tonight though for the winter storm . In my coop I normally have the windows open but used boards to block the wind . I’ve never had more than 5 birds at a time so I know I’m not crowding them . I’ve had a mix of babies & grown of 5 at a time but never 5 full grown at one time .

 

[casportpony]

What brand and model is the heat lamp bulb?

 

[Seeds1711]

I just got them from Walmart . Tbh they don’t throw off a ton of heat but this weekend has really been the only cold time we’ve gotten this year . I live In south Texas .