Black junk on combs

project7030

Chirping
8 Years
Apr 28, 2011
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South Central Montana
A couple of my chickens have what looks like a little bit of tar on their combs. I don't know where they could have gotten into tar. Are there parasites that turn their combs black?

Andrea
 
In my experience, it is scabbing. Have your roosters fought at all? I had an OEGB rooster get loose one day and by the time I realized it he had fought with my standard cochin roo through the fence...both boys had black/brown scabs all over their faces and combs. ?


ETA: hens will fight too and scab each other...
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My Roo's have it to , also purple color like the black gives way to purple. My black tar like spots and patchs are most prevalent on the Roo's. What is it ? And how can we treat it?
 
One of my hens have that and I believe it is scabs from being pecked. She is the bottom of the pecking order. It doesn't seem to bother her, they just go away.
 

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