Rooster with a dead foot?!?! What do we do?

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Eggcessive said:
He has frost bite on his toes and a bit on his comb. It looks like it has been there for some time. Parts of the foot and the toe tips may slough off in the coming weeks. The comb should be fine, though some points may become rounded off. If he was brought in where it is warm, you could do some warm soaks in Epsom salts water daily, and then spray it with Vetericyn Hydrogel spray. Here is some reading:
https://the-chicken-chick.com/frostbit-in-backyard-chickens-causes/
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Sorry! I must've been tagging you at the same time your post came through. I knew you'd know what was going on. Thank you
 
@Eggcessive has responded exactly as I would have. It's frost bite, no matter how improbable it may seem since you only had a couple of extreme drops in temp.

The comb will require no attention other than preventing further exposure to below freezing temps. The feet, however, should be soaked as @Eggcessive said, and it would be good to try to keep his feet out of filthy muck and you must avoid them getting wet during any future below freezing events.

As it is, he's going to lose toe tips. If the feet get infected, he will then be in danger of losing his feet.
 
Thank you all for your replies. I will soak his feet. I'll keep adding/stirring fresh hay to keep the poop covered. It's weird because besides the fresh poop the barn is dry. Shoot, under the nipple waters are round rubber tubs like big dog water bowls I use to keep the drips, from them playing, out of the hay. Do you think that's how he got his feet all wet??? Unless it was when he was out freeranging... Regardless I'll do my best, I feel bad for the dude.
 
The water bucket under the nipple waterers is most likely how he got his feet wet. When I first began using that type of water system, I could see the water dripping on their feet as the chickens drank. I could see ahead to winter that it was going to be a problem when the temps sank into the teens during the day. So I came up with a drip catcher using ice cube trays hung about ten inches below the nipples. This has proven to 100% catch the drips, and I've never had any frost bitten feet in all the years since.

My Igloo water jugs sit on tree stumps and the ice cube trays are fastened with "L" screws to the stumps. This allows me to easily lift them off these hangers and clean them regularly. I'll try to find a photo later if I can.
 
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DoxonFarms said:
Our rooster Frank is about 7months old. I've been keeping and eye on his foot thinking he hurt it and it would heal. Today he was limping. My husband and I went to see what we can do. My husband thinks his foot is dying, his other foot looks like its turn black between his toes as well. Then I noticed his comb and waddles and blackening at the ends. View attachment 2477516View attachment 2477517View attachment 2477520Any advice
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Could be frost bite also with the bloody foot he could be picking at it so try emsom salt baths and no pick lotion on his foot his feet may begin to peel and little bits may begin to fall off over time
 
I drilled a couple of holes in the ice cube tray and installed "L" screw hangers on the wood stump about ten to 12 inches under the nipples, and hung the ice cube tray from those. It makes it easy to take the tray off to wash as it can get pretty dirty from beaks that are always pecking in the dirt. The chickens do drink out of the trays, so keeping them clean is a must. In summer, all that entails is hosing them off.
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