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post #1 of 11
2/27/12 at 2:20pm
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My Buff Orpington Rooster has developed black spots on his comb.. It's not frostbite, but looks scabby...  None of the other chickens has this at all. Everyone else looks clean, even the floppy combed Brahma.. Does anyone have an idea as to what this could be? How to treat it? thank you in advance for any and all help... It doesn't seem to bother him.... Just me...

 

1 slightly used hubby, 7 Buff Orpingtons, 5 Buff Brahmas, 1 Speckled Sussex, 1 Favorelle, A pair of Turkeys, a Mountain Cur pup, an old Border collie mix and a real old cat...And I love them all!!!

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post #2 of 11
2/27/12 at 2:37pm
  • Imp
  • All things share the same breath- Chief Seattle

It could be fowl pox, pecking wounds, or dirt.

Can you post a picture?

 

Imp- Good luck

 

 

If all the beasts were gone, men would die from a great loneliness of spirit,

for whatever happens to the beasts also happens to the man.

All things are connected.
Whatever befalls the Earth befalls the sons of the Earth.

 

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If all the beasts were gone, men would die from a great loneliness of spirit,

for whatever happens to the beasts also happens to the man.

All things are connected.
Whatever befalls the Earth befalls the sons of the Earth.

 

       ― Chief Seattle

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post #3 of 11
2/27/12 at 2:49pm
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I will try to get a  close up picture when I go out to put the birds up for the night...

1 slightly used hubby, 7 Buff Orpingtons, 5 Buff Brahmas, 1 Speckled Sussex, 1 Favorelle, A pair of Turkeys, a Mountain Cur pup, an old Border collie mix and a real old cat...And I love them all!!!

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1 slightly used hubby, 7 Buff Orpingtons, 5 Buff Brahmas, 1 Speckled Sussex, 1 Favorelle, A pair of Turkeys, a Mountain Cur pup, an old Border collie mix and a real old cat...And I love them all!!!

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post #4 of 11
2/27/12 at 3:33pm
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1 slightly used hubby, 7 Buff Orpingtons, 5 Buff Brahmas, 1 Speckled Sussex, 1 Favorelle, A pair of Turkeys, a Mountain Cur pup, an old Border collie mix and a real old cat...And I love them all!!!

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1 slightly used hubby, 7 Buff Orpingtons, 5 Buff Brahmas, 1 Speckled Sussex, 1 Favorelle, A pair of Turkeys, a Mountain Cur pup, an old Border collie mix and a real old cat...And I love them all!!!

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post #5 of 11
2/27/12 at 3:35pm
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the two previous pictures were the best I could get with him ... Sorry... As you can see, he has the black spots on both sides, but mosty in the back of his comb... Any ideas?

1 slightly used hubby, 7 Buff Orpingtons, 5 Buff Brahmas, 1 Speckled Sussex, 1 Favorelle, A pair of Turkeys, a Mountain Cur pup, an old Border collie mix and a real old cat...And I love them all!!!

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1 slightly used hubby, 7 Buff Orpingtons, 5 Buff Brahmas, 1 Speckled Sussex, 1 Favorelle, A pair of Turkeys, a Mountain Cur pup, an old Border collie mix and a real old cat...And I love them all!!!

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post #6 of 11
2/27/12 at 4:56pm

It looks like pecking to me. Especially the last picture. It looks like a little bit of dried blood on a feather near his comb.

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post #7 of 11
2/27/12 at 4:59pm
  • Imp
  • All things share the same breath- Chief Seattle

I will agree with LeslieB118.

 

Imp-thanks for the pics.

 

 

If all the beasts were gone, men would die from a great loneliness of spirit,

for whatever happens to the beasts also happens to the man.

All things are connected.
Whatever befalls the Earth befalls the sons of the Earth.

 

       ― Chief Seattle

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If all the beasts were gone, men would die from a great loneliness of spirit,

for whatever happens to the beasts also happens to the man.

All things are connected.
Whatever befalls the Earth befalls the sons of the Earth.

 

       ― Chief Seattle

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post #8 of 11
2/27/12 at 5:03pm

ty for the post, my roo has that too and i wondered why... i have seen hens peck at it.

any way to stop them other than separateing?

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post #9 of 11
2/27/12 at 5:15pm

I wouldn't worry about separating them. Somebody in the flock is just putting him in his place, so to speak. There's going to be squabbling from time to time. My oldest hen was going after my immature but maturing roo for a little while because she was/is the boss, and he's just not ready yet, in her opinion. He keeps a fair distance from her now, for the most part.

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post #10 of 11
2/27/12 at 7:21pm
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that could very possibly be the case...somebody putting him in his place.. He does think he owns the roost!!! He's even hackled up at me once or twice...But the little cockeral is coming into his own and they have gone head to head a few times. I've also seen, but only once, my old sussex hen grab him by the comb when he's tried breeding one of the small hens..... I will watch VERY closely for the next couple of days...thank you everyone for your input... I was alittle concerned....

1 slightly used hubby, 7 Buff Orpingtons, 5 Buff Brahmas, 1 Speckled Sussex, 1 Favorelle, A pair of Turkeys, a Mountain Cur pup, an old Border collie mix and a real old cat...And I love them all!!!

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1 slightly used hubby, 7 Buff Orpingtons, 5 Buff Brahmas, 1 Speckled Sussex, 1 Favorelle, A pair of Turkeys, a Mountain Cur pup, an old Border collie mix and a real old cat...And I love them all!!!

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