Black Specks on my flock's comb's

[ablefarms18]

Hey! I've got some questions!!! I was feeding my girls last night and collected eggs and noticed that almost all 11 of my hens and my 2 roosters has black specks on their combs. It was very cold a few weeks ago but the pictures I have seen of frostbite don't look like what they have. I was going to see if any of you knew what this was! Thank you!

 

[azygous]

Those same black specks depicted in your photos have appeared on my roosters combs from time to time, yet in the over ten years I've been keeping chickens, I haven't been able to determine exactly what they are or what causes them.

I suspect some sort of fungus or bacteria since they respond to Blu-kote. Dabbing the blue stuff on the black spots has always helped to clear them up.

 

[ablefarms18]

Those same black specks depicted in your photos have appeared on my roosters combs from time to time, yet in the over ten years I've been keeping chickens, I haven't been able to determine exactly what they are or what causes them.

I suspect some sort of fungus or bacteria since they respond to Blu-kote. Dabbing the blue stuff on the black spots has always helped to clear them up.

Blu-kote cleared it up? I have a ton of that stuff... has it ever gotten on your hens? Almost all of my hens have it but they are doing fine as far as eating and laying.

 

[azygous]

Blu-kote cleared it up and it didn't come back. Mostly it was my roosters that got it, as I recall, but I see no reason why hens' combs should be immune from whatever the stuff is.