I just wanted to share--for other sufferers--that I did the "Google Search" of BYC trick for "Avian Pox" and I found two other threads w/a lot of info on Fowl Pox, with more photos of combs...
There were posts about using the iodine, and also vaccinating against Fowl Pox. I am on my way to get...
Thank you for the replies! Here is a photo of my hen. The comb does look similar to the others--what do you think?
But it sounds like this is not a fatal disease??? Will I need to separate each bird which gets the dark spots? or is it inevitable that they are all carrying the virus?
Do you...
I have an 8 mo. old Barred Rock who is listless and eating very little. Her comb is very pale, and has 2 dark bumps or spots--I looked at the photo on this site of a chicken's comb with Avian Pox--it might be that...
Our set-up, coop and feeding:
We are new chicken owners. We have 8 hens we...