Bumps on womb and wattle?

[yellowswirl]

any idea what this could be? I started seeing it about a week ago on the first chicken. Then a few days later on a second one. Now I see it on a third. Anyone have an idea what this could be and what I should do?

Thanks!

 

[MrsBrooke]

If I had to guess, I'd say dry fowl pox.

It's a virus spread by mosquitos that kinda has to run its course. It will spread through the flock, and there's not really anything to do for it.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/avian-pox-how-to-treat-your-chickens-for-avian-pox

Here is a copious amount of information on it!

Hope that helps.

MrsB

 

[yellowswirl]

Oh. Thank you. That's what I was thinking. I read somewhere that you can make a mix of yellow sulfur powder and Vaseline and apply it. Have you heard of that?

 

[MrsBrooke]

I have not! There's not really anything to about it, other than wait for it to pass. The little scabs will peel and fall off before too long and they'll be back to normal.

MrsB

 

[twiley]

All 6 of my girls got this too. Probably from all the mosquitoes here in Florida. We gave them a vitamin/electrolyte supplement in their water. Two of the hens had a worse case, so we gave them a more concentrated does of the supplement for a week or so by syringe feeding it to them. They all recovered and are back to normal now. I read that if they survive the infection they'll be immune, so hopefully that's true. Good luck!