Does marek's causes blisters/pimples on comb?

[David050587]

My silkie rooster is not feeling good he's legs are weak and he has some type of pimples or sores on his comb, he keeps scratching his neck..
He eats good but he doesn't drink so I have to give him the water with his food

 

[David050587]

He passed away today it sucks

 

[sourland]

Does fowl pox go away on its own?

It is a virus and has to run its course. If secondary bacterial infections affect the bird, treatment may be necessary.

 

[cherrynberry]

It needs to be treated. It's a viral infection.

Really? With what? I never treated my birds for it. My rooster has it.

 

[LadiesAndJane]

Fowl Pox is a viral infection related to herpes. The dry form does not normally kill birds and goes away by itself within several weeks. You can give supportive care, increasing protein in their diet cleaning any lesions with iodine and applying some Neosporin to prevent superimposed bacterial infections on the lesions.
This could be what the vet gave you the antibiotics for. Antibiotics will not cure a viral infection. The majority of birds recover fine from this without any problems and they are immune to that particular strain. There are though other strains. People who live in tropical areas where Fowl Pox is endemic can vaccinate their birds yearly for this. I do this with my birds.
The kind that is dangerous and could potentially kill your birds is the wet form which can cause lesions to grow inside their mouth’s. Unfortunately birds can get either forms from the same viral strain.

 

[cherrynberry]

Does fowl pox go away on its own?

According to @Eggcessive it goes away after about 3 weeks. It went away for my rooster. He no longer has the scabs. He got dry fowl pox.

 

[David050587]

 

[MysteryChicken]

Looks like fowl pox.

 

[David050587]

Looks like fowl pox.

I just came from the only vet that sees chickens in fort worth tx.
He told me that he seems to have a really really bad infection, his temp was 109, and gave me this medicine

 

[MysteryChicken]

I just came from the only vet that sees chickens in fort worth tx.
He told me that he seems to have a really really bad infection, his temp was 109, and gave me this medicine

An infection is possible too, but I'm sure the bumps are the result from fowl pox.