KalChickenCrew
Hatching
First Post on BYC!!
Over the past few months my Buff Orphington Rooster (10 months old) has had short stints of his comb tips turning black. It started happening when he was about 4 months old when daily temps were 80-90 and nights were in the 70's. This is my first time having chickens, and if this only just now started, I would assume frostbite, but since it was happening even in the summer, that leads me to believe differently. With that being said, I don't know what it is and I'm hoping that someone can help me figure out what it is and what I can do to help him.
Side note: Unlike my hens, he is extremely mean and wont let us get anywhere near him. He's been this way since about 2 weeks old. You can hold the hens all day but if you get within 3 feet of him, he'll run at you and kangaroo kick you and bite you until you back away. So hopefully someone has a remedy that will not require touching him
Over the past few months my Buff Orphington Rooster (10 months old) has had short stints of his comb tips turning black. It started happening when he was about 4 months old when daily temps were 80-90 and nights were in the 70's. This is my first time having chickens, and if this only just now started, I would assume frostbite, but since it was happening even in the summer, that leads me to believe differently. With that being said, I don't know what it is and I'm hoping that someone can help me figure out what it is and what I can do to help him.
Side note: Unlike my hens, he is extremely mean and wont let us get anywhere near him. He's been this way since about 2 weeks old. You can hold the hens all day but if you get within 3 feet of him, he'll run at you and kangaroo kick you and bite you until you back away. So hopefully someone has a remedy that will not require touching him