A couple days ago I discovered one of my 5 year old bantam Cochin hens had two abscess on her comb. One is larger, brownish in color, and located near her nostril. The second is smaller, white, and near the back of her comb. Later I found two more white abscesses on her feet on the areas partially exposed through her feet feathers. I did a check of the rest of the flock and saw my 1 year old bantam Cochin hen had a few lumps on her face. They aren't an unusual color or look pus filled like the abscesses on the other hen, but they are definitely abnormal.
I've heard about fowl pox before, and that was the first thing I thought of since we've had a lot of mosquitoes in the area and the abscesses on the first hen look similar to pox. When I did more research though, most of the pictures show birds with a lot more abscesses, and also mention that birds usually act sick to some extent before abscesses show up. Aside from a recent foray into crowing, the older hen is acting completely normal. The younger hen has been broody (completely normal for my Cochins) and the lumps on her face already appear to be smaller and don't look like classic fowl pox to me.
I got pictures of the abscesses on my first hen, but she wasn't very cooperative so I apologize for the bad quality. I'll try to get some better pictures tomorrow. Can anyone confirm if this looks like fowl pox? Is there anything I can do to help my sick birds recover, and/or keep my other seemingly healthy birds from getting sick?
Thank you for any assistance!
I've heard about fowl pox before, and that was the first thing I thought of since we've had a lot of mosquitoes in the area and the abscesses on the first hen look similar to pox. When I did more research though, most of the pictures show birds with a lot more abscesses, and also mention that birds usually act sick to some extent before abscesses show up. Aside from a recent foray into crowing, the older hen is acting completely normal. The younger hen has been broody (completely normal for my Cochins) and the lumps on her face already appear to be smaller and don't look like classic fowl pox to me.
I got pictures of the abscesses on my first hen, but she wasn't very cooperative so I apologize for the bad quality. I'll try to get some better pictures tomorrow. Can anyone confirm if this looks like fowl pox? Is there anything I can do to help my sick birds recover, and/or keep my other seemingly healthy birds from getting sick?
Thank you for any assistance!