Fowl pox twice?

[Thehawaiihens]

Hi,
I’m wondering if it’s possible for a chicken to get fowl pox twice. I posted about my hen last year and today she appears to have another white bump on her beak area. I started giving her black pepper again but I’m wondering if it could be something else. Thank you!

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Can you post some photos of what you see? Thanks!

 

[Weeg]

Pictures will help a bunch! It could be something else to, you never know. Hope we can help you with your hen!

 

[Eggcessive]

Here is your post in an older thread with a picture of your chicken:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...of-pus-and-scabs.818895/page-60#post-23204639

Most chickens will be immune to the particular strain of pox once they recover. However there could be another strain. I agree that pictures might help.

 

[Thehawaiihens]

Thank you! I was just able to get photos of her tonight. I see two bumps. one large one by her beak and one small one on her wattles. This hen often tries to sleep outside on the fence so I don't know if she gets bitten by mosquitoes more than the others. I've never seen anything like this before. The hole on her beak on the other side is where the original pox fell off.

 

[Thehawaiihens]

Can you post some photos of what you see? Thanks!

I'm not sure if you get notifications when I do but I posted photos! I need to figure out how to turn mine on

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Thank you! I was just able to get photos of her tonight. I see two bumps. one large one by her beak and one small one on her wattles. This hen often tries to sleep outside on the fence so I don't know if she gets bitten by mosquitoes more than the others. I've never seen anything like this before. View attachment 2524229View attachment 2524230View attachment 2524225View attachment 2524226

Thank you for the photos.

I would take a guess that it's not Fowl Pox. Probably a Papilloma on the beak and on the wattle as well.

Personally, if she's eating/drinking and active, I would leave both alone and monitor them.

For notifications, I think you want to go to your account, then preferences. That should be where you turn on how you want alerts, etc.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/anyone-know-what-this-is.1442299/
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/what-is-this-wart-on-my-lavender-orps-beak.839913/

 

[Thehawaiihens]

Thank you for the photos.

I would take a guess that it's not Fowl Pox. Probably a Papilloma on the beak and on the wattle as well.

Personally, if she's eating/drinking and active, I would leave both alone and monitor them.

For notifications, I think you want to go to your account, then preferences. That should be where you turn on how you want alerts, etc.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/anyone-know-what-this-is.1442299/
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/what-is-this-wart-on-my-lavender-orps-beak.839913/

Thank you so much for the information and notification help. I have VetRx and probiotics I can restart them on as well as some antibiotics. I'll start with the former and monitor her. She seems to be fine and acting like herself!

 

[dawg53]

Fowl pox does go away on it's own unless birds get a different strain. However in your case that is sinus canker and your birds are carriers for life. That means it's contagious to your other birds as seen in your previous post #597 on 5 September 2020.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...of-pus-and-scabs.818895/page-60#post-23204639

Treatment is Metronidazole 250mg given orally once a day for 5-7 days. Preferably you can use acidified copper sulfate. Dosage is 1/4 teaspoon per gallon of water 3 days straight once a month. Do not use metal containers, do not overdose nor add anything else to the mixture. It is cheaper to buy rather than Metronidazole in treating your whole flock.
Give it to all your birds to drink in a plastic waterer, it will keep the canker in check.
https://www.mcmurrayhatchery.com/acidified_copper_sulfate.html

 

[Thehawaiihens]

Fowl pox does go away on it's own unless birds get a different strain. However in your case that is sinus canker and your birds are carriers for life. That means it's contagious to your other birds as seen in your previous post #597 on 5 September 2020.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...of-pus-and-scabs.818895/page-60#post-23204639

Treatment is Metronidazole 250mg given orally once a day for 5-7 days. Preferably you can use acidified copper sulfate. Dosage is 1/4 teaspoon per gallon of water 3 days straight once a month. Do not use metal containers, do not overdose nor add anything else to the mixture. It is cheaper to buy rather than Metronidazole in treating your whole flock.
Give it to all your birds to drink in a plastic waterer, it will keep the canker in check.
https://www.mcmurrayhatchery.com/acidified_copper_sulfate.html

Thank you so much! The Copper sulfate seems easiest. Do you know if a plastic/PVC waterer with metal screws presents the same problem? I can buy a plain plastic one if not but my gravity waterer does have metal screws that touch the water.