lethargic rooster | comb turning black

[Ray987]

Hello

I have this roo 6-8 months old I got him couple months ago he was fine until the last couple of days I noticed he slowed down not as active and today he's dropping his wings down also his comb turning black, he's eating and drinking, i inspected him and found these on his face, i think these are mites or lice? I don't see anything on the legs and under the wings, I think there might be slight nose discharge and i noticed a tiny bit of yellow goo where these yellow dots are on his face

I added some ash so he can bath with it but he didn't so i bathed him myself until I get some suggestions here on what to do

Note: he sleeps outside in the wild not with the flock, my other rooster keeps beating him so i just kept him outside the run

 

[Debbie292d]

This could be dry pox. I'd keep him away from the other chickens and start him on some vitamins in his water such as Poultry Cell. That'll be supportive while he fights it off as there isn't much else you can give him. It could be a couple of weeks for him to get over it.

If those yellow spots (or anything) opens up, you could put some triple antibiotic ointment (free of painkiller) on those raw areas.

Here's an article about it but it's much more serious looking than yours, if that's for sure what it is.

Pox is usually spread by mosquitoes. Do you have them there?

 

[Ray987]

This could be dry pox. I'd keep him away from the other chickens and start him on some vitamins in his water such as Poultry Cell. That'll be supportive while he fights it off as there isn't much else you can give him. It could be a couple of weeks for him to get over it.

If those yellow spots (or anything) opens up, you could put some triple antibiotic ointment (free of painkiller) on those raw areas.

Here's an article about it but it's much more serious looking than yours, if that's for sure what it is.

Pox is usually spread by mosquitoes. Do you have them there?

I sprayed him yesterday to kill any mites or lice it seems he's a tad better today
Is this good to provide him with?
Thank you

 

[Debbie292d]

I sprayed him yesterday to kill any mites or lice it seems he's a tad better today
Is this good to provide him with?
Thank you

Looks good to me! Boy I hope he's on the mend already if that's what it is. It sure can get ugly before it gets better so maybe he'll be just fine.

 

[Ray987]

Looks good to me! Boy I hope he's on the mend already if that's what it is. It sure can get ugly before it gets better so maybe he'll be just fine.

Thank you yes I had him on Vitamins already, I think he's getting better considering he's no longer dropping his wings all the way down (drops them just a tiny bit now) or not at all hopefully it be fine

 

[Ray987]

Looks good to me! Boy I hope he's on the mend already if that's what it is. It sure can get ugly before it gets better so maybe he'll be just fine.

Hello again Debbie
I just noticed my other rooster comb turning black i couldn't get a big he's so hard to catch but it's exactly the same as this, black edge comb with tiny dark spots, is giving vitamins all I can do? And how can I prevent whatever this is in the future assuming it's fowl pox

I have 85 chicks (2-5 month old), 8 hens and 2 roosters and they all live together I assume they've all been exposed to this

 

[Debbie292d]

A comb turning black like that is usually a dehydration or circulation issue. If it was winter, I'd say that looks like he got frostbite. The black spots could be pecking injuries, or the possible start of fowl pox. I'm glad just vitamins is helping your other rooster but not sure this is the same thing.

The only way to avoid fowl pox is through vaccination and eliminating mosquitoes who spread it.

We have a huge mosquito problem here. We live in the country with a creek behind us in a forest. We treat the swampy areas next to the creek with First Saturday Lime, which doesn't hurt the fish, frogs, etc. We also bought some "dunks" on Amazon. We put half of one of those in a 5-gallon bucket half filled with water and set three of those buckets across a 2-acre spread. This and eliminating any place water can sit significantly reduces them.