How to Clean a Bloody Comb

[TK Poultry]

I have a rooster that I want to take to a show in 3 weeks. He is an IDIOT!!! He decided to pick a fight with one of my serama roosters next door. Well the serama decided I'll take care of him. Crawled under the fence and beat the snot out of my poor cochin rooster. Now he's pretty bloody and I want him cleaned up. How do I do this or is it a loss cause

 

[wolftracks]

My Game just did that a week ago.
He ignores my Polish roo, but I had my EE in a breeding pen and after a couple of days Romeo decided enough was enough and started a fight through the pen. My EE is much larger and I guess Romeo just kept poking his beak in enough that the EE roo got hold of his comb. Maybe I should dub after all. Thing is the very first time I have had a problem like this.
I chased him off and he was still to wired up I guess for me to get a hold of him, so I had to wait about 45 minutes for him to go into the coop to roost. He wasn't torn to shreds by any means, but had a couple of good gashes.
I brought him in and cleaned him up with peroxide and then put Neosporin on the cuts. There's still a small scab, but most of the cuts have healed and you wouldn't even know it had happened. I figure another week and he should be good as new.
His name is Romeo, because he has always been a lover and not a fighter. He just really doen't like my new EE. Oh and since he had the space to even get hurt I rewired my breeding pen.
I think the thing that triggered everything was because there was active breeding going on where my Polish is not in with hens right now. Just glad we were close to get things stopped before he really got torn up.

 

[TK Poultry]

How long did it take for it the heal it up?

 

[wolftracks]

Sorry they came to put a new meter on my house and had to shut down.
It took a couple of days for it to start looking better.
I think it happened last thursday or friday, so it's doing pretty good. So been 5 days or so.
I was thinking it was longer than that.

 

[TK Poultry]

If I post pics do you think you could tell me specifics on what to do?

 

[TK Poultry]

 

[wolftracks]

Oh he's so pretty.
OK I used those cotton makeup removal pads from the Dollar Tree. I just soaked them good in peroxide and was very careful not to get it in his eyes. BTW I keep those in my first-aid kits.
Just clean it good, but don't pull or separate the wounds.
I rubbed the Neo between my fingers to soften it and just ran it over the whole comb and dabbed a bit where it was close to the beak. That was the one that hasn't completely healed, but it was the worse. It's getting better every day and I haven't bothered it much since saturday. I may clean it again tomorrow and add more Neo, but it's healing so well that I hate to jinx it.
Don't glob on the Neo. Just a good coat of the stuff is enough. I have also used a triple antibiotic gel on it. Same thing technically.
I did hold him and tell him Mama was just trying to help. Then I told him he had been a bad boy and I better not catch him acting like that again.
I'm keeping him in my day coop, so he hasn't had a chance to try it again.
Your boy doesn't look too bad believe it or not. I think if you just clean with the peroxide and make sure it's good and clean and then whichever gel you have it should be fine in about a week or so.
Hope this helps.

Oh you might want to use a swab if the cotton pad is too tight for some of the areas that are injured, but the pads work great to clean the whole thing.

 

[wolftracks]

How's your boy doing today?

 

[TK Poultry]

I just got home and read your post and I'm going to gather the troops (my little sister) and I'm going to head out there. He's kind of a biter sometimes so this could get interesting. BTW thanks for the complement I'm in LOVE with him!!

 

[wolftracks]

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Romeo isn't a big biter, but hard to catch. I had to sneak in and snatch him off the roost. Whatever works. Good luck. I hope it clears up in time.