Comb help

[itsme1493]

I'm showing a rooster in a show but his comb just flopped over. Can anyone help me correct this problem.

 

[4-H chicken mom]

What kind of roo is it? Some have combs that are suppose to flop to the side.

 

[MoodyChicken]

The roo's comb should never flop. The hens of some breeds (leghorns and Minorcas) are required to flop but the male's should always stand upright. Depending on how badly flopped it is it's either a defect or a DQ. You can't fix it.

 

[itsme1493]

sorry..... he is a Ameraucana

 

[MoodyChicken]

Does he have a single comb, or a pea comb?

 

[itsme1493]

single

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

I believe pea comb would be a DQ for an ameraucana. They should have pea combs.

 

[itsme1493]

still need help

 

[NYREDS]

If it's an Ameraucana with a single comb it doesn't matter that it flopped over it would be disqualified anyway. Ameraucanas have pea combs.
If it's something other than an Ameraucana there's probably nothing you can do the straighten it. Sometimes a single combed male's comb will flop if it's kept inside in too small a pen & sometimes it will straighten back up if he's moved outside into a larger pen-I emphasize sometimes.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

One other thought that just occurred to me is what is the comb colour? Has that changed with the "flop" (gotten darker, more purplish)? How does he seem to be acting? Bright, alert, clear eyes and nose?