Black stuff on their combs?

[Triplecross]

I'm guessing this is a fungus or disease of some kind? My 3 Leghorn hens have a little bit of black scab-like stuff on their combs. It's been that way for months. Just yesterday I noticed my EE roos has a lot of black on his otherwise red comb. The 2 EE hens in this flock don't have any black.

They have all been together since babies in March.

Will it spread and should I treat it? What is it?

 

[ChickenCanoe]

A picture would help.
It could be dried blood from fighting or pecking at each other.

 

[Triplecross]

I googled pics of fowl pox just in curiosity and I don't think it's that. Fowl pox is bumpy and can be on other parts of the chickens face.

I will try to get a pic of my chickens and put it on here.

 

[Hayduke27]

Some of my chickens have tiny black speckles on their combs. These speckles have not grown in size, and don't seem to really be affecting anything. I figured it was just dirt or dead cells.

 

[Eggcessive]

Here are some links to show #1 favus, a fungal infection, treated by Lotrimin or Tinactin.https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...wattles-overtaken-by-white-growth-please-help
Here is link #2 is fowl pox, a virus: https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/avian-pox-how-to-treat-your-chickens-for-avian-pox
and #3 is a link for a picture of pecking wounds: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/831148/fowl-pox

 

[Hayduke27]

Well, the tiny black specks on the combs turned out to be a fungal infection. Nothing changed much until just a few days ago. I noticed more black spots, and then a little bit of white on the combs. Luckily, the links Eggcessive provided showed me what to look for, and I recognized what was going on immediately, and have managed to treat the chickens in need. I am keeping a close eye on them now. Thanks for this thread, without it I wouldn't have picked up on this infection until it was much worse!

 

[aart]

Here are some links to show #1 favus, a fungal infection, treated by Lotrimin or Tinactin.https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...wattles-overtaken-by-white-growth-please-help

Too bad there was no follow up as too what worked, or not, by the OP on the rooster in this linked thread.