Pullets comb torn off

[Ryguy3684]

Not an emergency, just an injury question. My newest batch is 10 weeks old. The cockeral tried to mate one of the pullets and grabbed her comb too hard. The back half tore off so I put some blu-kote on it and she seemed fine. The next day, her comb was missing completely. She was pulling at it, so either she ripped it the rest of the way, or another chicken bit it off. Anyways, she's fine but I'm wondering if it will continue to grow. I know a full grown chicken won't grow back its comb, but since her comb would have been growing a lot more anyways, do you think she'll have a partial comb? Maybe with no points? If it doesn't grow back, will she have trouble regulating her body temp in the hot summer?

 

[sourland]

I would guess that it is similar to dubbing, and that it will not regrow. She should handle the summer weather fine.

 

[Ryguy3684]

I would guess that it is similar to dubbing, and that it will not regrow. She should handle the summer weather fine.

I figured that might be the case. If anything does continue to grow, I'll post it. Good to know about the hot weather. She's acting like nothing happened to her at all. I'm always impressed how fast they recover.

 

[Ryguy3684]

UPDATE:
In case anyone ever has this issue, I have had surprising results. This is the same pullet as above, just one month later. She doesn't have any points, obviously, but she's definitely growing a comb.

 

[Artichoke Lover]

UPDATE:
In case anyone ever has this issue, I have had surprising results. This is the same pullet as above, just one month later. She doesn't have any points, obviously, but she's definitely growing a comb.

Glad to hear she’s doing well