Comb looks poxy?

[Darcy Moore]

Hello,

What do you think the following photos indicate? Pox?

What are some possible treatments?

TIA

Darcy (New Egg)

 

[Rusty Rooster MAC]

I agree with you, looks like fowl pox on the comb.
The 2nd pic at the top isnt fowl pox. It appears to be lice eggs, but it's hard to tell in the pic.
There is no treatment for fowl pox since it's a virus. It'll go away on it's own in about a month, more or less. Eggs are safe to eat.
You can put black shoe polish on the scabs to dry them quicker and prevent picking from other birds. Avoid the eyes when applying shoe polish.
IF in fact it's lice eggs attached to the base of the feathers, coconut oil will remove them.
Then inspect her thoroughly for lice, especially the vent area where it's warm and moist. External parasites tend to feed in that area. You can dust her with Poultry Dust which contains permethrin or mix 10% permethrin liquid concentrate and spray her.

 

[Darcy Moore]

I agree with you, looks like fowl pox on the comb.
The 2nd pic at the top isnt fowl pox. It appears to be lice eggs, but it's hard to tell in the pic.
There is no treatment for fowl pox since it's a virus. It'll go away on it's own in about a month, more or less. Eggs are safe to eat.
You can put black shoe polish on the scabs to dry them quicker and prevent picking from other birds. Avoid the eyes when applying shoe polish.
IF in fact it's lice eggs attached to the base of the feathers, coconut oil will remove them.
Then inspect her thoroughly for lice, especially the vent area where it's warm and moist. External parasites tend to feed in that area. You can dust her with Poultry Dust which contains permethrin or mix 10% permethrin liquid concentrate and spray her.

Thanks RR.

I reckon you are correct about the lice too. Miss 11 and I are onto it.

Cheers.

 

[Rusty Rooster MAC]

Yep, lice eggs. If you have other birds, inspect all of them for lice/eggs. The lice will be off white in color or very light brown in color and crawl quickly through feathers and fluff.
Inspect the coop, bedding, roosts and nests also, you'll probably have to treat them as well. Then repeat treating inside coop and infected birds in 10-14 days to kill larva hatched from eggs missed by the first treatment. Good luck.

 

[Darcy Moore]

Thank you.

We have many wild birds that find their way into the cage. I suspect that to be the issue.

 

[Rugbygainz]

hang some dried fern in the coop. Apparently lice and mites do not like it. This is more of a preventative measure but its worth a shot to keep them out of the coop.

 

[Darcy Moore]

hang some dried fern in the coop. Apparently lice and mites do not like it. This is more of a preventative measure but its worth a shot to keep them out of the coop.

Good tip. Cheers.