Roosters comb is turning black

[llombardo]

I think it looks purple and purple usually means a lack of oxygen. I know when my rooster collapsed it was that purple looking. I think he ate something to big, I put my finger down his throat and after a few minutes his comb returned to normal.

 

[MelanieDianne]

Are there any treatments for Frostbite?

 

[Mosey2003]

Are there any treatments for Frostbite?

No. If you catch it right away, sometimes slowly warming the bird up (passively, just like inside the house, not blowdrying or anything) will reverse it, but you've gotta catch it fast and it won't work on a severe case. There is no treatment, you really don't want to touch it. It will resolve on its own.

The original poster's rooster doesn't look frostbitten to me either. Looks more purple like lack of oxygen, like others mentioned. I'd keep an eye on him and try to feel up his abdomen occasionally to see if maybe he has some heart failure and accumulates fluid.

 

[Jman45]

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I don’t think that you are dealing with frostbite, especially since you live in Georgia, and it looks like some discoloration that is seen sometimes in roosters and hens with very large combs. Usually that type of comb discoloration occurs near the tips and the rear of the comb. It can happen with excitement, stress, and with cool temperatures. My black copper Marans rooster looked like that at times, but would become redder later. I might be wrong, but unless you have had temperatures in the teens or below, that should not be frostbite.

His comb was fully red yesterday when I checked