Swollen wattle on my roster. Help!!

[aart]

Have seen this.....I assume shaking head is discomfort or just weird feeling of swelling.
Those a bit more swollen than I've had here, but it should go down within a day or two.
Before and after pics here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/frostbite-in-sw-michigan.74597/

 

[Eggcessive]

Here are some articles with pictures of other roosters with frostbitten wattles:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...wattles-on-my-rooster-from-frostbite.1071899/

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/rooster-with-swollen-wattles.1147851/#post-17928327

 

[Ms Clucky]

I looked on poultry diseases and just wondering he has any of these other sympto
Avian Influenza

Clinical signs of avian influenza include the following:

• Coughing
• Sneezing
• Rales
• Swelling of the face and/or wattles
• Bluish-purple discoloration of the face
• General diarrhea
• Red or white spots on the legs and comb
• Conjunctivitis

ms? Don't want to scare you. Just something to look out for.
Also, are you watering them in those little giant metal cans? If so you might want to check to see if the metal is chipping off. {metal poisoning}?

 

[Eggcessive]

I looked on poultry diseases and just wondering he has any of these other sympto
Avian Influenza

Clinical signs of avian influenza include the following:

• 
  
  
  • Coughing
  • Sneezing
  • Rales
  • Swelling of the face and/or wattles
  • Bluish-purple discoloration of the face
  • General diarrhea
  • Red or white spots on the legs and comb
  • Conjunctivitis

ms? Don't want to scare you. Just something to look out for.
Also, are you watering them in those little giant metal cans? If so you might want to check to see if the metal is chipping off. {metal poisoning}?

Any other month of the year, I would look at other causes of illness, but this guy has frostbite. Swollen wattles can be from tick bites, coryza—a respiratory disease, and fowl cholera, but we are seeing tons of frostbite threads from the zero degrees weather this month, and it will continue into Feb in northern climates. Thank you for posting, and I am not discounting your suggestions. Please continue to join in the threads with us.

 

[aart]

One of the most common causes of wattle frostbite here is noshing on the snow banks.
All I do for them.... copious ventilation, dry bedding, closed heated water....and they go out and eat snow, dragging their wattles all thru it. SMH.
Even the girls get nipped, almost guaranteed with Willie's big dangler(his other wattle is small, deformed due to injury in chickhood).

 

[Zimzim27]

His wattles have become less swollen over the past day we found a spray that is supposed to help with frostbite, would it actually help or would it make it worse.

 

[Eggcessive]

Is it Vetericyn? Some use that on frostbite, but be careful about sprays if the temperature is still freezing, or you could make it worse. Is he inside where it is warmer? If so, a disinfectact spray would be okay to use.

 

[aart]

the past day we found a spray that is supposed to help with frostbite

What exactly is it?

 

[Zimzim27]

Is it Vetericyn? Some use that on frostbite, but be careful about sprays if the temperature is still freezing, or you could make it worse. Is he inside where it is warmer? If so, a disinfectact spray would be okay to use.

Yes he is in a warmer place the spray is healing spray I can't remember exactly what kind, but it had a lot of helpful oils in it.