Bumps/scabs on faces

[madalyngibb]

What could these bumps be? They’re on beaks, combs, wattles. They are relatively new I believe. I have 9 girls and a roo, and it’s only on a few of them, but I imagine it will be on all of them soon. See below:

 

[DobieLover]

Do you have mosquitos where you are? It looks like fowl pox.

 

[madalyngibb]

Do you have mosquitos where you are? It looks like fowl pox.

Yes, loads of mosquitoes! This sounds scary

 

[Certified Chicken Lover]

Yep I agree that definitely looks like fowl pox. Its really not that bad, I have experienced this dozens of times. The positive side of this is that once your birds get fowl pox they won't get it again. It doesn't needed to be treated, but if you really want to you can use iodine. Personally I use Vet RX but there are a lot of mixed views on the efficiency of this. Here's a good article on it:

https://the-chicken-chick.com/fowl-pox-prevention-treatmen/

 

[dawg53]

Yep I agree that definitely looks like fowl pox. Its really not that bad, I have experienced this dozens of times. The positive side of this is that once your birds get fowl pox they won't get it again. It doesn't needed to be treated, but if you really want to you can use iodine. Personally I use Vet RX but there are a lot of mixed views on the efficiency of this. Here's a good article on it:

https://the-chicken-chick.com/fowl-pox-prevention-treatmen/

Have your birds had fowl pox dozens of times or have your dozens of birds had fowl pox only once?

 

[Certified Chicken Lover]

Have your birds had fowl pox dozens of times or have your dozens of birds had fowl pox only once?

No, sorry for the confusion! I have had dozens of chickens and everyone of them has gotten fowl pox at least once (out of all my chickens one of them got it twice because it picked up wet pox after it had dry pox). It is very unlikely for chickens to get fowl pox twice, and it is EXTREMELY rare for them to get it more than twice.

 

[dawg53]

No problem, glad you cleared that up.
I've dealt with fowl pox. If they get it again, it would be a different strain, such as pigeon pox or canary pox for example.