Rooster has a blue comb this morning

[Kanat]

My OEGB Rooster seems to be fine BUT his normally red comb looks very bluish this morning! It wasn't cold last night and nothing has changed. Why could this be?

Thanks!

 

[SpottedCrow]

Listen to his breathing and see if he's rattling or raspy.
Blue usually is a respiratory thing...I'd also bring him inside.

 

[tim_TX]

Could be several things, including avian influenza or blue comb disease. I would isolate the bird and keep and eye on him.

 

[hinkjc]

Heart defects can cause blue combs as well. I agree to isolate and monitor.

 

[davidb]

Put him up in a pen away from your others and give him some vet R/x in his water if its respiratory it should clear up

 

[Guinea Goonie]

If it is just the tips of the comb (which you did not specify) your roo is getting frostbite. If a good portion of the comb is blue, then you have a more serious problem. VET RX is a real good start. Put it ON his comb and waddles. Put is in some water for him to drink (a little) too. It really is good stuff.

 

[Kanat]

He is still acting normal, no respiratory signs. His whole comb is though bluish.

He has also some darkness in his legs. I think that he had scaly leg mite earlier this fall. I treated him with Vaseline for that but his legs never got the same.

Thanks!

 

[orcasislandchickens]

You are not hearing what you are being told. Blue comb and legs indicates a lack of oxygen. A respiratory or circulatory problem. Not leg mites or something of that nature.

Good luck and keep us posted.

 

[Kanat]

I don't believe that this has anything to do with mites either.

 

[Kanat]

Hi,

I took these photos of my Rooster this morning. He has been isolated since. I have applied some VetRx into his comb and wattles. He looks sleepy more than anything. No sneezing or gasping... I agree that the bluishness is a sign of lack of O2. Heart disease? I am not 100% sure that how old he is. I thought that maybe 3 years or so but I am not sure.

The comb does not look as blue in photos as in nature.

I have to add that a week ago I lost a hen. She went very quickly. I noticed her gasping a lot and when massaging her throat she vomited foul smelling mud. She was very thin. She did not have hardly any crop. What I have read in this message board made me think of thrush (Candida). I had only owned this hen for less than a month. I think that she was stressed. The rooster does not have similar symptoms but for sure something is going on with him!!!??? Or hopefully nothing? Maybe I am just too sensitive now because only a week ago I had to bury one of my hens...

I appreciate your help!

THANK YOU!