What's going on with Mavis' comb and wattles? She's almost 8 months old. She eats Purina Flock Raiser with some Nutrena Hearty Hen mixed in. She has grit and oyster shell available. She does seem to be going through a light molt of her head feathers. She's been a little more moody with other birds, except for her flockmates, 3 other bantam pullets. Mavis is a tiny girl (although not exceptionally tiny to make me think she's sick) and has always been the petite one in her flock.
We have had some sudden cool temps (mid to upper 30s overnight but warms up to 50-60 during the day) but nothing else is different.
I'm sure that the appearance of her comb and wattles doesn't bother her at all, but I just wanted to make sure that I'm not missing something that needs treatment or attention.
Thank you for your time
We have had some sudden cool temps (mid to upper 30s overnight but warms up to 50-60 during the day) but nothing else is different.
I'm sure that the appearance of her comb and wattles doesn't bother her at all, but I just wanted to make sure that I'm not missing something that needs treatment or attention.
Thank you for your time
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Poor boys
~. He's the head rooster and doesn't fight with the other boys. This just seemed to appear fairly quickly about 2 weeks ago. I've not done any treatment as it's difficult to get him & avoid the jerks he lives with. (I am working on building up the nerve to deal with the jerks but things have been hectic) This wound just doesn't appear to be in an area that I've seen injured on any of my boys and I can't imagine how he would get this. I'm thinking it's possibly favus. What do you think? The rest of his comb and wattles look fine. It's just that same area on both sides of his comb, with one side being worse. I did some reading on favus about it likely going away on it's own after around 10 weeks and that'd be great, but I'm happy to treat if it will make him more comfortable and/or help it possibly heal faster. So, do you feel like this guy is experiencing favus? I have a white frizzled bantam cochin cockerel (will be a rooster March 16th) that's had some dark solid matter just inside his ear for the past 6-9 months ( there's been no swelling & it's not been excessive by any means whatsoever but just making me ponder) and I've wondered if that has anything to do with this big guy's comb. They aren't housed together but they are right beside each other. In the past two weeks, I've noticed the bantam cochin having the feathers on his head get more and more thin but I didn't really consider it being related until now for some unknown reason 
Both of them seem to be acting completely normal with the exception of my big guy being more hungry (no change in weight but I am going to run fecal floats and worm if necessary). What do you think? Do you think I should start treating with something? What would you advise? 
