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My son's principal told me it looks like frostbite to her too. She has chickens also, so I showed her the pics and asked her what she thought. She immediately said "frostbite".

I was worried it might be fowl pox, but I see that comes from mosquito bites, and although I live in a hot and humid climate state, it's been unusually cold, like other places lately. I do keep their coop closed up, but I thought I had enough ventilation for them. He probably got moisture on his comb during that nasty bitter cold spell we had a week ago. I have a small heater in their henhouse, so it stays approx. 10-15 degrees warmer than outside, but no more than that. So, it could possibly be that. I'll keep an eye on him.

This dude literally has hens that love him. He's got serious swag! I watched one of his girls walk up to him and he just cocked his head toward her and she squatted next to him and let him fertilize her. So odd to see that -- I thought the hens hated it. :lol:
Jenbirdee said:
you can post that again in the “ emergencies and diseases” for him for faster answers.
In my opinion, it looks like frostbite because it’s at the tips and edges which means don’t touch it for one thing I don’t know what else will find out soon. I’m sure there’s a lot of knowledgeable folk around here.
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Hello Pearl, and welcome to BYC! :frow Glad you joined.
He has minor frostbite. I wouldn't touch it. Handling frostbite damaged tissue is never a good idea. The black areas will eventually fall off giving him a minor dubbing of his comb points.
The real issue is, how did he get it? How much ventilation is in your coop and how cold was it before the damage appeared?
I've had large combed birds go through sub-zero nights in the low negative single digits with not a trace of frostbite. When it dips into the negative teens and below things get a bit dicier for large combed birds.
You'd want to address ventilation issues if it wasn't that cold to prevent further episodes of frostbite.
 

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