Anyone know, what is wrong with this guinea

[nightowl223]

The temps have been pretty cold lately, but it was warmer today. My Guineas don't have a coop they sleep on a roost. I haven't really dealt with frostbite before. If this is frostbite what should I do about it.

I coat frostbitten areas with triple antibiotic ointment - the one without any pain medication! - which will help with preventing infection as well as softening up any dead tissue so it falls off.

Guineas are notorious for hating coops, unfortunately. In which case, when we get extreme weather, they pay for their stubbornness. Then again, Leghorns are often the victims of frostbite *inside* a coop.

 

[guineagirl1000]

Ok. That sounds simple enough, I will give it a try. Thanks.

 

[R2elk]

Just my opinion but I see no evidence of frostbite. Guinea wattles are not like chicken wattles. They are naturally thicker so what would look like swelling on a chicken is not swelling on a guinea. Frostbite would show itself around the edges of the wattles and not as discoloration around the nostrils.

 

[nightowl223]

Looking more closely at the pictures, I have to agree that it doesn't really look like frostbite. I do wonder, though, if guineas can get fowlpox. Those blackish bumpy areas like at the nostrils sure do look that way. I will see if I can go through my bookmarked links and see if they can catch it.

 

[R2elk]

Looking more closely at the pictures, I have to agree that it doesn't really look like frostbite. I do wonder, though, if guineas can get fowlpox. Those blackish bumpy areas like at the nostrils sure do look that way. I will see if I can go through my bookmarked links and see if they can catch it.

Yes guineas can get fowl pox.

 

[twisted-acres-farm]

that was my first thought as well was fowl pox OF course I have been lucky and never actually seen it in person. @campingshaws

 

[nightowl223]

Yes guineas can get fowl pox.

Yes, I just confirmed this, with several sources. They can get it. I did not find any pictures with them having it, but here's one with a chicken that has it: https://i.pinimg.com/564x/59/4a/ca/594aca6e9191db3de1711a1c469c06e5.jpg

Why it would just attack the nostrils though, puzzles me. There are generally several bumps all over their heads.

 

[nightowl223]

that was my first thought as well was fowl pox OF course I have been lucky and never actually seen it in person. @campingshaws

Years ago, I saw it in an old laying hen. She apparently only had a mild case, because I was told she lived another 2 years after that.

 

[twisted-acres-farm]

Yes, I just confirmed this, with several sources. They can get it. I did not find any pictures with them having it, but here's one with a chicken that has it: https://i.pinimg.com/564x/59/4a/ca/594aca6e9191db3de1711a1c469c06e5.jpg

Why it would just attack the nostrils though, puzzles me. There are generally several bumps all over their heads.

maybe that could be one area where it affects chickens and guineas are different

 

[nightowl223]

maybe that could be one area where it affects chickens and guineas are different

Possibly. I have only seen it in a chicken. Didn't even find any drawings of it on guineas, in fact.