Dark spots on rooster's comb and wattles. Frostbite?

[ATXInstantFlock]

Could use a helping hand (or eyes). Is this frostbite? I live in Central TX so it's not that cold, but when it was below freezing for about half a week, all of my birds refused to go in their coop until I tucked them in at night, so they probably got exposed to more cold than they should have. Coop is pretty well vented, so I don't think it's from insufficient ventilation at night.

None of my girls who are kept in the same conditions have as many dark spots. Just a handful of tiny black specs which look more like scabbed over peck marks.

EDIT: typo. Scabbed, not scanned.

 

[sourland]

That's frostbite. The blackened tips will dry up and fall off - winter dubbing.

 

[ATXInstantFlock]

Here's a close up, too.

 

[Mrs. K]

Yep, it will heal up just fine. It is hard to get through the winter without some frostbite. I was looking at mine today too, kind of patchy.

 

[ATXInstantFlock]

Yep, it will heal up just fine. It is hard to get through the winter without some frostbite.

Thanks, I appreciate the kind words.
First year of chicken ownership and we try hard to do right by them, but sometimes they make it difficult.

 

[aart]

It will take weeks for the black parts to fall off.
Just leave them alone to heal.

 

[ATXInstantFlock]

Roughly two months later, I remembered to snap a new pic.

Most of the dark spots flaked off on their own.