Help what could this be?

sahensle

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He has no other symptoms. Just dried blood spots..... is it fowl pox?
 
That, my dear, looks like Fowl Pox.
Do not mess with them.
They should heal and go away on their own.

I'll be right back with a link to info about this for you to read.
 
I took him out of the coop away from the others and cleaned all the feeders and waters extremely well!
 
I took him out of the coop away from the others and cleaned all the feeders and waters extremely well!
He doesn't need to be separated unless someone if picking on him.
They have ALL already been exposed.
Separating might stress him out more which may make him "sicker."
 
Looks like another one is getting fowl pox too. Can I give them anything to hurry to process or to help the soon to be sores?
Can we still eat the eggs? I keep reading up on it and I keep finding different answers.....
 
Usually the less you disturb the scabs/blisters the better off you will be. If they look real nasty you can dab a bit of iodine on them, but you don't want to disturb or knock off the scabs as the virus can be spread that way. The virus will run it's course over a few weeks. The pox is most commonly spread via mosquitos. Anything you can do to reduce your population of mosquitos is helpful. I use fans in my coop so that the air is always moving over the roosts making it harder for the mosquitos to land on them. They are more likely to get bit at evening/night/early morning when the mosquitos are most active and when the chickens are stationary. I find that this reduces the incidents greatly. Dry pox general runs its course with no real problems unless you have a bird weakened by something else. Wet pox is worse.
If you have a bird with the scabs really close around the eye you should watch those for any sign of infection in the eye and you can use Terramycin eye ointment if necessary. I had one with lots of scabs around the eye this spring and she did fine, no infection in the eye. I didn't mess with them, just kept an eye on her.
You should be fine eating the eggs using normal handling and cooking precautions.
 
That, my dear, looks like Fowl Pox.
Do not mess with them.
They should heal and go away on their own.

I'll be right back with a link to info about this for you to read.
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There's some thing you can do:
1 check it's throat for pox.
2. You can disinfect the scabs with Iodine.
3. Be aware to secondary microbial infection thst can use the scabs as an entry platform to the bird.
 

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