Fowl Pox or something else?

[Eggcessive]

If it is canker, it is contagious to others. It is carried by pigeons and other wild birds. But canker is supposed to have a rotten odor. Occasionally chickens will have white or yellow material in the beak from a fungal infection (yeast or candida,) the wet version of fowl pox, and due to bacterial respiratory diseases which are more in the throat and airway. The best way to get a diagnosis is for a vet to look at the organism under a microscope or to get a necropsy after death.

In addition toAqua Zole, canker is treated with acidified copper sulfate 1/4 tsp per gallon of water. You can get it online here and elsewhere:
https://www.strombergschickens.com/product/acidified-copper-sulfate-1-lb

 

[Prop toe]

A hard spot where swollen like a hard pea or white latex like substance in corner of eye .That's Roup all day long .Either way disenfect your hands or clothes that come in contact with it.The pics I seen to start with look like trama but no bruise on the face or abrasion confuses me.No bite marks of a insect aka spider.I had a rooster once a rock came from the mower while I was cutting grass on the string walks .struck the side of his beak looked about like the pic.Best of luck .Also seen one got slapped side the head with a spur almost look the same.Amazing how much force from a spur lick.I had a rooster strike my hand and it swollen up and hurt for days.
I would treat for canker. Best of luck.World getting crazy now went to the feed store to get terrimycin water soluble for bees not long ago .Man said couldn't get it any more.

 

[seanthepotter]

After a lot of research and more observation we're thinking it's wet fowl Pox.

There is no rotting odor and she has no other symptoms for canker. She did start wheezing a tiny bit two days ago. She's actually been continuing to eat though she takes a bit longer to drink enough for her satisfaction as she can't quite close her beak fully. She still is feisty and glossy and healthy looking otherwise. Still no puss.

She manages to rupture something in the swollen necrotic areas in her mouth sometimes (probably while eating pellets) and they bleed some, but the swelling goes down in her mouth for a while after and she doesn't wheeze and can close her beak. The swelling on her head seems to have gone down a bit.

She's the only one we don't know if she was vaccinated against fowl Pox or not so it also makes sense as to why the rest of the flock is unaffected. We do have a neighbor nearby that raised fancy pigeons and other pigeons are common in the area, so we thought canker would really fit the bill, but it doesn't seem to be the culprit.

Given that it's been almost 7 weeks since we noticed the scabbing on her beak I'm losing hope she'll survive, but then again, she actually has seems to have improved a little thr last two days.

 

[seanthepotter]

Definitely no wheezing anymore. Swelling on the side of the head is maybe slightly reduced, hard to say. She can close her beak all the way most of the time now. We're hoping for a recovery still, though it looks to be a slow one!