Black scabs on comb

[Tonopah Pati]

OMG!, can anyone help? My roosters have black looking scabs on thier combs. I hope and pray that it is not black head.

 

[mypicklebird]

Looks more like roosters fighting with each other- dried blood. Do you have any roosters housed together?

 

[Tonopah Pati]

Yes,I had them all housed together, Willy the one in the photo is the oldest, he is the father of my youngest Mr. Peep, and Big Red is about 2 weeks older. Mr Peep is getting mean and this week is when I found that both of the other ones were tormenting Willy, driving him into a corner, not letting him eat, as soon as I saw this I moved Willy into a hutch by himself, and he is still there. I put antibiotic on the three of them, 2 days now. I am going out to clean and disinfect the pen and hutches, and reapply more. Also do you think that Bag Balm would be a good thing to apply? Willy has lost feathers on the back of his head, behind the comb.

This is Big Reds comb

 

[NYREDS]

Despite the name Blackhead Disease doesn't actuall cause birds' heads to turn black. It would appear your boys just can't get along. [Boys will be boys]

 

[kycklingmamma]

I sometimes see black spots on my girls and boys combs and they get that from mosqitos, poultry pox. I just leave it alone and it heels on it own.

 

[Tonopah Pati]

Thank you for your thoughts on the black scabs. I am in the middle of the desert in AZ. I did hook up my mist system, and ran it last week all day as the temp was 105 so it could be from a bite and caused the pox. I sure hope it is from fighting and not something else. Willy Looks the worst. I still have him closed up in a hutch. He has water and food. I check on all of them about 6 times a day. I checked Willy's feathers, under his wings and his feet. He is a feather footed Silkey, so I checked his feet very close. I did see a couple of red spots on one foot that looked sore, other than that his head is the worst and it looks like the feathers were pulled (Ripped) out. when I caught Mr. Peep and Big Red ganging up on him, Mr, Peep had him by his head. OMG! I don't know what to think. I will kepp watching this. I did clean the run, nest box and the hutch's

 

[Tonopah Pati]

My boy Willy is hanging in there so far. He has some white spots and I think it might be POX. I have been treating him and he does look better, he is eating yogurt and crumbles, drinking water, and has started to crow. I am still scared. I came real close to putting him down. I decided to wait until the next day to see how he was doing, and he was lots better. I sure don't want him to suffer. So far all the girls look fine, Big red has only one black scab, and Mr Peep has a little more. I am treating them also. I have dusted the pen and all of them, I also added ceder shavings to nest box. Please pray for my Willy boy. Thank you all, for the help.

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