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That is good detective work. The white scratch-looking marks between the brown scabs is what made me think it was pecking. I'm glad you found the cause.

I can't say for sure whether that is pox now or pecking marks, since it could be pox. Usually you will see pox scabs on ears or wattles as well as the comb.

I think that peck marks to the comb can sometimes resemble fowl pox. Sometimes it is good to look at more pictures of chickens to help diagnose it. Mosquitoes usually need to be active to spread pox, so I'm sure they are out in FL this time of year. If someone in New York during winter is...

E.coli and staph infections of the eyes may be common in fowl pox. Antibiotics are recommended by some vets to help prevent secondary infections, not to treat the pox virus. Povidone iodine (betadine) does come in different strengths. 10-12% is commonly found in first aid aisles for wound care...

So sorry about your chicks with pox. My understanding is that pox lesions should not be disturbed, since that can spread the virus. Chicks also seem to do much poorly with such a bad outbreak. Secondary infections can be very common, and with pox lesions around the eyes, mycoplasma and other...

Honey can cause botulism in human babies that are given it orally. Raw honey certainly is not sterile, and that would be a whole lot more risky to put in a chicken's eye than OTC Neosporin or Triple Antibiotic Ointment. Terramycin Ointment from the feed store is sterile and an ophthalmic...

Sorry, but many of us put Neosporin in chickens eyes without a problem, especially if it is an unopened tube or has been used with sterile technique. Terramycin is an eye ointment, but Neosporin ophthalmic ointment only is available by prescription. If chicken owners couldn't use the Neosporin...

I would be putting plain Neosporin ot Terramycin ointment into the eyes twice a day.

championsumatra was referring to wet pox. For dry pox, iodine is usually recommended if anything is used. BluKote is a blue-coloring spray that contains the antifungal gentian violet and alcohol, and is used for abrasions and to hide wounds to prevent pecking. It comes in a daub-on or spray:

I can't say that I am positive that is pox, because it may not be, but dry pox is really not a big deal unless you start seeing more chickens with it. If it would be a fungus such as favus, putting Miconazole cream on it would not be harmful at all. Please look at all the links and pictures...

Can you take another picture under the fold or with it straightened out? Here is a picture of possible favus, a fungal infection, which usually is whitish to gray in color, but here is yellow in post 43608...

That does look a little like fowl pox, especially in the fold of the comb. It tends to have that yellow brown crust with a dark brown or black scab. Here are some pictures of fowl pox (the Cornell site has 16 graphic pictures)...

Well the bottom line is price. Since most of these stores sell chick for $2-3 a piece, they figure people don't want to spend a dollar extra for vaccines that many newbies don't even know about, or the importance of having done. I have been pretty fortunate so far with having most of my...

Southern States and Tractor Supply do not vaccinate their chicks.

Be careful doing flushes. Someone posted recently about adding Tylan to sterile water for nasal flushes. They were talking about using 4mls. I would use normal saline instead--I know if that got aspirated into the lungs or air sacs, it wouldn't be as much of a problem as water would be. It is...

Kathy, what antibiotic would you recommend now after all of your treatment, to anyone else with wet pox? Baytril? Or do you think the antibiotics did anything?