Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[fluffycrow]

Do your the large comb roosters have frostbite issues?

Right now it's 16f with 87% humidity and freezing fog. Difficult to prevent frostbite on big combs here. They lose the points.
I have been trying to breed for small wattles and pea combs. But still get a few blade combs.

not here, it doesn't get that cold.

Ditto. If it doesn’t get cold enough in Wales, it definitely doesn’t get cold enough here.
The contest I remember it being the last five years is around -4C (~28f, I think?) during the night. Those temps lasted for two nights, during February. We usually get one or two really cold weeks during that time (sometimes even snow), but it’s nothing compared to what some of you deal with.

Certainly not cold enough for frost bitten combs

 

[Skyeknight]

Time for some education. Point out on the harmless birds , for whom he can stay put. With lots of reassuring sounds.

And its okay for him call the alarm and to run if he sees one of these:

I will be sure to also lecture my rooster on this. I mean you never know when a turkey vulture might show up in the Netherlands!

On a more serious note I do have a common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus), tawny owl (Strix aluco), western barn owl (Tyto alba) and a pair of common buzzards (Buteo buteo) flying around. At least if I managed to correctly identify them based on sounds and sight.