Favus?

[CroChelle]

I have noticed for a little while that my chickens combs have been looking a little pale and chalky. Then a week or two I noticed a white spot on the rooster's comb. Then today I noticed one of the chickens having white on it's earlobe. I'm posting pictures below and wondering if it looks like favus to you? If so, what's the best way to treat it? We just introduced our young red sex links to the coop... are they in danger of catching this? We have run out of places to separate chickens because we have 2 sets of chicks that needed to be separated.

Here is a picture of our rooster with his white spot.


Here is a picture of the hen with her white earlobe.



And this is the other side of her face.



Thanks so much for any help that you can give to me.

 

[dawg53]

Favus is a fungus. It can be treated with miconazole.

 

[speckledhen]

Dawg is correct, though I'm not really sure that is favus. The only rooster I ever bought came to me with favus, but he had peeling sheets of skin on face and wattles and lobes. Right now, I have several hens with just dry combs which I will rub with oil to moisturize. Could be that.


Here is a photo of his face where you can see the peeling skin. He was also malnourished and had lice:

 

[CroChelle]

They have had lice, but we dusted them. Can lice cause this? You don't think it is Fowl Pox do you?