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Chicken's combs can turn blue as the result of several virus infections, but the disease Bluecomb, or avian monocytosis, has no known cause. It could be virus, but it also could be a metabolic problem.
After an outbreak of Bluecomb, make sure that your chickens have a good supply of clean, cold water, and grain. Molasses is sometimes useful, as well as some form of potassium. Antibiotics that your veterinarian recommends are indicated to help your birds survive. The quicker you act, the more of your chickens will live through the disease.
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What does it mean when the comb on the chicken turns light?
Sometimes a hen's comb will fade when she is about to stop laying, or about to start molting.
What is on the head of a male chicken?
The Comb
How do you tell if a chicken is a rooster?
If they have a comb
What is the Prepositional phrase in the sentence each type of chicken has a different comb?
The preposition is the word "of." The phrase "of chicken" modifies the noun "type."
Is a chicken sick if her comb turns white?
Chickens develop white spots on the combs from a disease called Favus. This can be cured from athletes feet creme.
What color should a chicken comb be?
red
What is the red skin on a chicken head?
its a comb.
What is the prepositonal phrase in the sentence Each type of chicken has a different comb?
"of chicken" is the prepositional phrase in the sentence "Each type of chicken has a different comb".
Why do old folks cut the comb off of a chicken?
The comb is removed from fighting rooster so the opposing fighting cock cannot get the comb in its beak in order to hold the head and kick it with it's spurs. The comb may be trimmed if it gets frostbitten in the winter. This helps prevent infection and does not hurt the rooster since the tissue is already dead. Since fighting chickens is illegal, the is no reason to cut the comb off any chicken. The comb of a chicken helps regulate the body temperature of the bird, without the comb the chicken will suffer in the heat of the summer. Removing the comb also exposes the bird to infection and unnecessary pain and suffering.
Why does a roosters comb turn blue?
The rooster's comb can be an indication of how its health and circulation levels are doing. If either of these starts failing, then the comb will usually turn blue or purple.
What is a chicken crown?
The comb. There are eight distinct varieties of comb for various breeds of chickens and some chickens do not have any comb at all.The thing that hangs under the beak is called a wattle.Both these appendages are used to cool the chicken and to attract a mate.
Why is chickens comb bleeding?
There could be many reasons as to why a chickens comb could be bleeding.They are being picked on by other chickens - and the comb has been injured.The comb may have become frost bitten, and is bleeding.The comb got stuck in wire/fencing/etc and the chicken injured itself trying to get loose.The chicken may have some sort of sickness/disease/etc
