What is wrong with their combs?

[Jared Vera]

My three roosters used to have perfectly red combs, but lately their combs have been changing colors. The rooster with the most black and grey comb is Mac, the rooster with the funny looking comb is Plumita, and the rooster with the least color change is Caramelo. I’m thinking the change was because of the recent cold weather but it’s only a thought. What is causing the change?

 

[MysteryChicken]

My three roosters used to have perfectly red combs, but lately their combs have been changing colors. The rooster with the most black and grey comb is Mac, the rooster with the funny looking comb is Plumita, and the rooster with the least color change is Caramelo. I’m thinking the change was because of the recent cold weather but it’s only a thought. What is causing the change? View attachment 2543951View attachment 2543952View attachment 2543953View attachment 2543954View attachment 2543955View attachment 2543956View attachment 2543957

Looks like frostbite. What's your weather like?

 

[April0617]

I would definitely say frostbite. One of my girls got a bit after our nasty cold weather over the last couple weeks.

 

[Bluebonnet Poultry TX]

Yep, frostbite. Nothing you can do about it. The black parts will eventually fall off. Don‘t mess with it, it will heal on its own.

 

[Bluebonnet Poultry TX]

My three roosters used to have perfectly red combs, but lately their combs have been changing colors. The rooster with the most black and grey comb is Mac, the rooster with the funny looking comb is Plumita, and the rooster with the least color change is Caramelo. I’m thinking the change was because of the recent cold weather but it’s only a thought. What is causing the change? View attachment 2543951View attachment 2543952View attachment 2543953View attachment 2543954View attachment 2543955View attachment 2543956View attachment 2543957

Some of my Roos look like them.. poor fellas.

 

[Jared Vera]

Yep, frostbite. Nothing you can do about it. The black parts will eventually fall off. Don‘t mess with it, it will heal on i

Some of my Roos look like them.. poor fellas.

I know that in Central America (at least of what I have heard) that people cut the combs off of roosters for fighting to make them more angry, so would they be more mean and will their combs grow back?

 

[Jared Vera]

Looks like frostbite. What's your weather like?
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At the moment, the weather is really warm, but last week in Texas it was around 5-20 degrees.

 

[MysteryChicken]

At the moment, the weather is really warm, but last week in Texas it was around 5-20 degrees.

That's enough to cause frostbite in chickens with large combs. Negatives are worse.

 

[deidreg]

Definitely frostbite. Not something you usually need to be concerned with in Texas, but you've had extraordinary cold.

 

[MysteryChicken]

I know that in Central America (at least of what I have heard) that people cut the combs off of roosters for fighting to make them more angry, so would they be more mean and will their combs grow back?

Nope the combs don't grow back.