Black bumps on comb. Should I be concerned?

[jennellyz]

Hello again all. You've helped me twice now with health concerns on my 8 month old easter eggers and now I have another question. This one has a large comb compared the to rest of them and I noticed some black bumps. Is this normal or should I be concerned? She's a good layer and the biggest girl I have. I know she isn't picked on. Thoughts? Suggestions?

 

[Chicken poppy]

Hello again all. You've helped me twice now with health concerns on my 8 month old easter eggers and now I have another question. This one has a large comb compared the to rest of them and I noticed some black bumps. Is this normal or should I be concerned? She's a good layer and the biggest girl I have. I know she isn't picked on. Thoughts? Suggestions?View attachment 2859693

Im sorry to say it looks like fowl pox to me, though i could be wrong.
Is she vaccinated for that or has any other symptoms? Best of luck Though thankfully looks like the dry pox, not wet.

 

[jennellyz]

Im sorry to say it looks like fowl pox to me, though i could be wrong.
Is she vaccinated for that or has any other symptoms? Best of luck Though thankfully looks like the dry pox, not wet.

Wow, well they aren't vaccinated. I only have four of them but the mosquitoes have been really bad this year in Phoenix since we actually got some water from the sky this year.

Thanks for the info, we will see how things progress

 

[Chicken poppy]

Wow, well they aren't vaccinated. I only have four of them but the mosquitoes have been really bad this year in Phoenix since we actually got some water from the sky this year.

Thanks for the info, we will see how things progress

Hopefully things get better.

 

[Eggcessive]

Fowl pox is usually a short-lived virus that lasts about 3 weeks, and most grown chickens do well, unless it is a severe case. No treatment is necessary. Leave the scabs alone. Terramycin eye ointment can be used in eyes if scabs are on eyelids. Most do not vaccinate for this unless they live in a very hot or tropical area, such as FL, LA, MS, or TX. Here is some reading about pox:
https://the-chicken-chick.com/fowl-pox-prevention-treatmen/

http://extension.msstate.edu/publications/fowl-pox-backyard-flocks

 

[Chicken poppy]

Fowl pox is usually a short-lived virus that lasts about 3 weeks, and most grown chickens do well, unless it is a severe case. No treatment is necessary. Leave the scabs alone. Terramycin eye ointment can be used in eyes if scabs are on eyelids. Most do not vaccinate for this unless they live in a very hot or tropical area, such as FL, LA, MS, or TX. Here is some reading about pox:
https://the-chicken-chick.com/fowl-pox-prevention-treatmen/

http://extension.msstate.edu/publications/fowl-pox-backyard-flocks

Yep. Theres not to much you can do to help the chicken once it’s developed fowl pox. just wanna make sure to pick the scabs up after they fall off.

 

[jennellyz]

Fowl pox is usually a short-lived virus that lasts about 3 weeks, and most grown chickens do well, unless it is a severe case. No treatment is necessary. Leave the scabs alone. Terramycin eye ointment can be used in eyes if scabs are on eyelids. Most do not vaccinate for this unless they live in a very hot or tropical area, such as FL, LA, MS, or TX. Here is some reading about pox:
https://the-chicken-chick.com/fowl-pox-prevention-treatmen/

http://extension.msstate.edu/publications/fowl-pox-backyard-flocks

Wow these are great! Thank you!

 

[Hopeful homesteader]

My chickens have it too, down in Tucson myself and the mosquitoes have been crazy this year. A friend of mine is in a chicken group for this area on Facebook and almost everyone on there is dealing with fowl pox. I have 17 chickens but only see the spots on 5 of them so I'm not sure if the others will go without symptoms or if it just hasn't shown yet? Just check them daily, if any come up near the eye's or nose they can be dabbed with iodine to shrink the blisters quickly making sure not to get any in the eye and terramycin eye ointment can be used to prevent secondary infection in the eye but otherwise it just has to run it's course.

 

[jennellyz]

Thanks for the info. The girl is still laying and doesn't seem bothered, so I'll just keep close eyes on them all. As a kid our chickens never got the pox and my family in the north of AZ has never before either so the informationwas kind of a shock. I have the terramycin because of a separate incident, so I'll get some iodine for just in case. Thanks again for all the good info!

My chickens have it too, down in Tucson myself and the mosquitoes have been crazy this year. A friend of mine is in a chicken group for this area on Facebook and almost everyone on there is dealing with fowl pox. I have 17 chickens but only see the spots on 5 of them so I'm not sure if the others will go without symptoms or if it just hasn't shown yet? Just check them daily, if any come up near the eye's or nose they can be dabbed with iodine to shrink the blisters quickly making sure not to get any in the eye and terramycin eye ointment can be used to prevent secondary infection in the eye but otherwise it just has to run it's course.

Thanks for the info. The girl is still laying and doesn't seem bothered, so I'll just keep close eyes on them all. As a kid our chickens never got the pox and my family in the north of AZ has never before either so the informationwas kind of a shock. I have the terramycin because of a separate incident, so I'll get some iodine for just in case. Thanks again for all the good info!

 

[Aunt Angus]

I echo all of this. My flock had an outbreak a couple of years ago. They never acted sick. This looks like dry pox, so it really ended up not being a big deal at all. I used iodine on some spots to try them up, but I did it mainly to make me feel better because the chickens were not fazed at all.