Rooster has white flecks on earlobes, black spots on comb? (PICTURES AVAILABLE)

[shetan83]

Hello BYCers,

My mother is worried about our rooster, who has white spots on his earlobes and some black spotting on his comb. Picture is attached. Does anyone know what it is, and if it's something bad, what we can do to treat it?



This is one of our hens in comparison.

 

[Flowerbh]

I just noticed mine are doing the same thing. A day ago their combs were beautiful bright red, now they are faded and have those brown blotches on them. Help!

 

[MsBagawkbagawk]

Hmm, my Cam pine roos earlobes have been looking like that for a while now. Like 2 months probably. It doesn't seem like it's anything serious, but I'm interested to hear what other people have to say.

Best of Luck! ~Ms.B

 

[shetan83]

Thanks Ms. B.

We also noticed that our rooster has started shaking his head every once in a while. Any ideas?

 

[MsBagawkbagawk]

Hmmm, don't know about that.....

 

[WaterFowl209]

Thanks Ms. B.

We also noticed that our rooster has started shaking his head every once in a while. Any ideas?

I'd get a magnifying glass and look up close to be on the safe side, have you checked for mites.

 

[MsBagawkbagawk]

Waterfowl, that's what I just started thinking about. If it is mites on their combs, smother it with petroleum jelly. A lot of it.

 

[shetan83]

No, we haven't checked for mites. We'll do that. Would the mites be causing the white stuff on the earlobes too?

 

[michellex5]

I too have a rooster that has black spots & it looks like mold. He also shakes his head. Where you able to fiqure out why he shakes his head?
Thank you
Michelle

 

[shetan83]

I'm not sure how my mother ended up addressing the problem, but she didn't contact me after to update me. We ended up having to give our rooster away shortly after because a neighbor complained about the crowing. Good luck!