Help! Sores on hen’s faces

keqm2025

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Two hens (out of 4 in their coop) have sores on their face/earlobes/wattles. They just recently popped up. Still eating and drinking fine! No lethargy or isolating themselves from the others. I considered pecking but they haven’t had issues before and it’s strange that it’s in those same spots on both. My research suggested dry fowl pox? Has anyone had experience with this? Or do you notice something different? I’d appreciate any help. Thanks!!
 

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I think that could be a mild case of dry fowl pox, or it could be some peck wounds. Fowl pox usually lasts about 3 weeks, and most chicken recover. Do not disturb the scabs, as that can spread the pox virus. Here is some reading about pox and pictures of how it can look:
https://the-chicken-chick.com/fowl-pox-prevention-treatmen/
 

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