Combs look horrible, black - but it's not frostbite

vermontgal

Crowing
14 Years
Mar 24, 2008
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My gals' combs are looking horrible. They are nearly all black.

I realized that this is because I have been putting vaseline on the combs, and then I gave them a bin full of woodstove ashes to dust bathe in.
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Thanks for the post, I'll have to learn about dust bathing in wood ash as I've not heard of that. Fireplace ashes, right? Hummmmmm. Anyway, before I go into hours of searching, any information on this dust bathing in wood ashes?
 
You should be happy that it is just not frostbite! A little dirt won't hurt 'em!
 
Do you use straight wood ashes? They are very alkaline . I would mix with sand. grass will not even grow where you put them until the rain washes some of the stength away. Jean
 
Mixed with sand, yes. The ashes are out of there now, because they were also eating them, and I was worried about too much dust. The combs were scary looking until I realized what it was. I've been worried about frostbite all winter, and it was -30F last week.
 
I had a similar scare when they were pooping bright red/pink as chicks. Then I realized my dad had been giving them beet peelings.
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Wayne, they did this treatment to themselves.... but I think people do put tar on chickens, and they are already feathered.
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