Black spots on comb??? *pics added*

[CarriBrown]

That doesn't look like pox to me. Here is a picture of one of my hens, Daisy, with pox. They start out as "zit" looking things, then they pop and puss everywhere. I had to feed Daisy with a syringe because she couldn't see out of either eye and couldn't breathe out of her nose.
This picture was taken within days of me finding it on her. It's confirmed pox... I took her to the vet.

 

[7chickininas]

O M G!!

 

[adoptedbyachicken]

Looks to me that roo has been in a scuffle. Pox are wet red spots, not usually as bad as that hen, but they only become dry and hard late. If the birds are not acting sick or the spots wet at first I don't think it's pox.

A trip to a avian vet or talking to the specialist might help you sort it out.

 

[CarriBrown]

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That's what I think, too. Daisy did have a very bad case, but even the minor cases will be "wet" like Adopted said. I think if your roo had pox, they would have cracked and pussed by now.
Thank your lucky stars that it's not pox!

 

[Rocky Red]

We just had our first chicken fatality this morning. She was an 8 month old White Rock. There were no signs of trauma, but my husband said that she did have a few black spots on her comb.
They have all been acting and looking healthy and laying well. This is our first time with chickens, so naturally I'm concerned that we may have the plague or something

 

[katrinag]

I got the pox last summer. All I did was offer supportive care and let it take it's run.
However just a couple spots on the comb and wattles are more that likely just pecks.

 

[AZ Green]

This looks more like stick fast flees!

Control and treatment
Control and treatment go hand in hand.
Smear a light coating of an oily substance over these insects and they suffocate very quickly. Olive oil and baby oil are useful for this, as they do not irritate the birds' eyes.
Treat the shed floors as for mites and ticks.
Like mites, all fleas will infest your home if left unchecked and will feed on any living warm-blooded animals.
Infested birds should be sprayed with insecticide and all litter or articles harbouring the flea destroyed.
In controlling the flea on poultry, the housing of these animals must be included.
For this reason, the parasite is not easily eradicated from backyard poultry houses or free-ranging poultry farms that are unable to provide impervious flooring.
Impervious floors are necessary for breaking the life cycle by denying larvae the ability to burrow 15cm into the soil to form a cacoon.


http://www.agric.wa.gov.au/objtwr/imported_assets/content/aap/pou/hea/fn002_1997.pdf

Hope that helps.

 

[AZ Green]

Looks like Stick Fast Flees.

http://www.agric.wa.gov.au/objtwr/imported_assets/content/aap/pou/hea/fn002_1997.pdf

Control and treatment
Control and treatment go hand in hand.
Smear a light coating of an oily substance over these insects and they suffocate very quickly. Olive oil and baby oil are useful for this, as they do not irritate the birds' eyes.
Treat the shed floors as for mites and ticks.
Like mites, all fleas will infest your home if left unchecked and will feed on any living warm-blooded animals.
Infested birds should be sprayed with insecticide and all litter or articles harbouring the flea destroyed.
In controlling the flea on poultry, the housing of these animals must be included.
For this reason, the parasite is not easily eradicated from backyard poultry houses or free-ranging poultry farms that are unable to provide impervious flooring.
Impervious floors are necessary for breaking the life cycle by denying larvae the ability to burrow 15cm into the soil to form a cacoon.

 

[tinychicky]

to be honest it looks like your rooster either got some frostbite or got in a fight with something. he should be fine. if your worried coat his comb in some petroleum jelly (vasaline).