Rooster and hens combs are black and crusty

[tempestcooney]

I purchased a barred rock rooster and 3 hens (1 rhode red & 2 marans) from a guy that had
massive amounts of chickens.
I was told by the man that the blackend ends of the comb on the rooster was frost bite and
there's not a treatment & it was due to it froze here in texas twice this last winter.
There was only a small spot and today when I went to check on them his whole comb
on the tips is black and seems to be "rotting" kinda away. Its not small sores or bumps
Its one solid scabby black place.
Is it TRUELY frost bite and it just was worse than it looked or is this something that is
REALLY bad??
Either way what do I do for him? 1 of the hens has a small spot on her comb but no lesions or spots
or bugs or anything around eyes, mouth, or on body or legs.
Thank you
Tempest
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[tempestcooney]

Top photo is right when i got him
Bottom photo was today (month or so later)

If you cant view them then here are the links alone.


http://www.photoshop.com/users/tempestlcooney/assets/6ae201d8e9d041ae9abbb9e4942b86b3
http://www.photoshop.com/users/tempestlcooney/assets/48c5332764104c449365b52fc178c62f

 

[silkieroo]

Yikes!!I don't think thats frostbite.... But i don't know what it is, unless its maybe fowl pox??? BUMP!!

 

[tempestcooney]

All the photos i've seen of avian/fowl pox doesn't look like this.
Some of the frost bite photos do though. VERY puzzling.
What do you do for Pox?

 

[Theapplechicks]

we have no "chicken" vets around here so when something comes up I usually go in to my local Tractor Supply and the people there are very knowledgable. Maybe if you have one around you could take the photo or roo in and ask them. Maybe a fungi? Doesn't look like frostbite to me and frostbite wouldn't keep worsening now.

 

[silkieroo]

maybe it is infected frostbite?? Is it warm to the touch?? Does it smell bad??

 

[tempestcooney]

No smell or heat. I am 20 minutes from a feed store so maybe they can help.
If not maybe i should treat for fungus??

 

[Yay Chicks!]

I know nothing about this, but, it sort of looks fungus-like (?). I wonder if that is possible...

 

[tempestcooney]

Could this be FAVUS??

 

[CMV]

I've seen both pox and frostbite and those pics look like neither. Pox would be more widespread and frostbite would be getting better not worse unless the freezing continues. I think I would be looking for info on Favus. I've never seen favus except in pics, so I can't say for sure that's what it is, but it sure looks like it could be that.

Good luck.