Abnormal growths on comb and eye

[drgs]

Anyone seen this before? This is my 3-year old Blue Ameraucana. This has sprung up over the week. She seems normal otherwise, healthy eating, active, etc. none of our other girls are showing the same issues. I'm so worried these will conflict her vision or health in ways I can't see. Thanks for any input.

 

[BantamLover21]

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Anyone seen this before? This is my 3-year old Blue Ameraucana. This has sprung up over the week. She seems normal otherwise, healthy eating, active, etc. none of our other girls are showing the same issues. I'm so worried these will conflict her vision or health in ways I can't see. Thanks for any input.[/QUOTE]
Wow, those look terrible! It looks like it could be a more advanced case of dry Fowl Pox, which is a viral disease spread by mosquitoes and flies. In its wet form, the disease manifests itself as bumps/lesions/scabs on a bird's face, comb, and wattles. There is also a dry form which causes lesions on the respiratory tract and mouth, which may lead to suffocation. There is no treatment for Fowl Pox; it will run its course in 3-6 weeks, usually with no casualties (unless wet pox develops).

It is often recommended, though, that you treat with an antibiotic to prevent secondary infection--a problem that can be more deadly than the disease. I would treat with oxytetracycline (Terramycin, Duramycin, Tetroxy HCA-280) or powdered Tylan50. You can usually find at least one of those antibiotics at a livestock supply store, such as TSC. The oxytetracycline dosage varies depending on the product, but I do know that the Tetroxy dosage is 1/2 teaspoon/quart of drinking water for 7-14 days. I'm not sure on the powdered Tylan50 dosage.

 

[drgs]

Thank you, BantamLover21. After a little research, I agree with you. Hopefully these pox will stay the dry form and be short-lived.

 

[MelissaTXRn]

Looks like it may be fowl pox

 

[Eggcessive]

Those pox lesions are in your chicken's eyes, so I would also look inside the beak and down the throat for any yellow patches on the tongue and elsewhere. That would be wet pox, and is very dangerous for causing respiratory distress. Even though fowl pox is a virus, I would probably put Neosporin ointment in the eyes daily tokeep down bacterial infection.

 

[AlphaRoo45]

Never seen this good luck hope she gets better