Black waddle and comb. Please help!!

[B-Guff22]

I've attached some pictures of my rooster. I did a little research to resolve it on my own but the only thing I've seen that resembles it is frostbite. I live in Louisiana so frostbite is out of the question. Has anyone seen this before? Please help! Thanks in advance.

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[B-Guff22]

 

[Kiki]

Could it be an infection? or bug bites?


btw what did you so/use...is the black gone now?

 

[B-Guff22]

I'm not sure about either. I have a year and a half old flock of 27 and everything has been healthy in the past.

 

[21hens-incharge]

Fowl pox perhaps?
To me it looks like dry fowl pox.

 

[B-Guff22]

The black is still on it. I scraped a little off but I didn't know if that's what I should do so I quit.

 

[B-Guff22]

So it DOES look like fowl pox to you?

 

[21hens-incharge]

Yes it does. I am no expert and have no personal experience with it. It is the only thing other then frostbite that me endless reading looks like that.

 

[21hens-incharge]

There is a good article in the learning center tab about avian pox.

 

[B-Guff22]

I thought fowl pox at first and looked up some pics but the pox pics I saw were individual circular sores/scabs. So that's why I'm kinda lost