Ugggh! Frostbite! *Gross Pic*

[FishMtFarm]

As a vet assistant and seeing this sort of thing, it is not advisable to put anything on it. Keep the moisture out of your coop and leave the comb alone. What healthy comb left is close to the body with heavier blood flow so more damage is less likely.

 

[happyhens1972]

I should add that the treatment I used was under veterinary advice xxx

 

[Chelseyb123]

Unless you brought him inside and kept him inside until watmer weather dont put anything on it. When we had like a month of freezing temps an below zero here in maine some of my flock memebers started to get a little froatbute. I left them alone(almost all healed up). But I have a rooster with a VERY large comb an wattles and the tips started to turn colors i didnt put anything on them. But he got hurt by another rooster badly so ive had him inside since an thats when i applied coconut oil from time to time but only around it not directly on the turned colored skin. So help heal faster. Its almost all cleared up from almost a month inside. Just the comb is left. Let it be spring will. Come soon enough.

 

[Chelseyb123]

Also add some cayenne pepper in Their feed to help. Circulate blood flow to comb wattles legs an feet.

 

[aart]

Am in the 'don't touch it' camp.
Will repeat 'don't touch it', 'don't touch it', 'don't touch it'.

Been thru this before, it's hard to watch the first time, but after seeing that it will heal up just fine I just keep an eye out for massive swelling lasting more then a few days and/or obvious pus exuding infection.

This is what I have this year, will be curious to see how much of that white portion survives or dies.

Different bird a couple years ago, he got this from eating off the snowbanks.
The swelling here lasted a few days.

A week later it looked like this, and you can see where a couple of tips are already gone, by spring the black was gone and there was a wire thin scar you wouldn't even notice if you didn't know to look for it(didn't get a pic).