Am I a girl?

[LaynaDon95]

Well, if a chicken is a type of fowl, then it could be called chicken pox, although they are two different things, which makes it kind of confusing if we did it that way... Now I have to ask, why do they call it chicken pox?

Like leadwolf said, it is technically called fowl pox, but it is basically chicken pox and a lot of people call it that I guess 'cause it's easier for other people to understand. When you tell some people that your flock has "fowl pox" they go "

Wha?" if you say they have "chicken pox" they go "They can get chicken pox?" And you say "Yes, but it's a strain that humans can't get." It's easier than trying to explain what fowl pox is.

There are 2 forms of fowl pox:
Dry pox, with is spots on their combs, wattles, and face area. It is rarely fatal.
and Wet pox, which show not only on their face area, but in their throats, on their tongues, etc. It makes it very difficult for the chickens to breath, eat, drink, etc. It is often fatal.
Mine have dry pox, thankfully. And I haven't lost to it yet. Though I do have some chicks that I'm a little worried about, but they seem to be okay right now.

 

[LaynaDon95]

Ok thanks for your help now how about this one?

Is it the same age? If so I would say roo as well.

 

[MsBagawkbagawk]

Hope your chickens get better soon!

 

[afarrington2]

I agree its definately a pullet.

 

[afarrington2]

I mean the first one.

 

[shadow rabbit10]

Both Roos. My pullet had no signs of wattles and barely had a comb at that age. She is a Buff Orp.

 

[LaynaDon95]

It would be definitely a pullet if it were about 3 months old or more looking that way. But this young, with such red comb and wattles, it a roo pretty much for sure.

 

[leadwolf1]

If I recall correctly, they called it 'chicken pox' because the bumps on the skin, before the scabbing, looks like the bumps you see on a plucked chicken. Or, it could be that someone thought that it looked a whole lot like fowl pox and named it chicken pox....who knows...but, fowl pox is a poultry disease and chicken pox is a human disease. Fowl pox is transmitted by mosquittos, chicken pox is a viral illness that is passed through air and contact. Chicken pox is not passed by an insect vector. They should not be confused. People would be very concerned if they thought that your chickens were spreading chicken pox when, in fact, they are not the same disease at all and a human cannot get fowl pox.

Well, if a chicken is a type of fowl, then it could be called chicken pox, although they are two different things, which makes it kind of confusing if we did it that way... Now I have to ask, why do they call it chicken pox?

 

[MsBagawkbagawk]

Huh, people make the weirdest comparisons....