- Jun 7, 2009
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Hello! I am new to this forum and the chicken obsession so please forgive me if this question has been asked before. In my defense, I did search the site and the internet with little info to show for it!
I'm thinking I need to work on my technique...
I have 5 beautiful Buff Orpingtons in a Playhouse coop in my backyard. All my Buffys have black, necrotic areas on their combs and wattles. It does not look like the avian flu, as the pictures shown for that 'bug' shows bubbles or bumps on the comb and wattles. Just areas that have been eroded away. It reminded me of what frost bite might look like, according to the descriptions I have read, but we have had the warmest of summers that I can remember here in Washington State, I know it cannot be that!
What could it be, and how do I treat it? Thank you, ahead, for your time!
MaryAnn
I have 5 beautiful Buff Orpingtons in a Playhouse coop in my backyard. All my Buffys have black, necrotic areas on their combs and wattles. It does not look like the avian flu, as the pictures shown for that 'bug' shows bubbles or bumps on the comb and wattles. Just areas that have been eroded away. It reminded me of what frost bite might look like, according to the descriptions I have read, but we have had the warmest of summers that I can remember here in Washington State, I know it cannot be that!
What could it be, and how do I treat it? Thank you, ahead, for your time!
MaryAnn