Is this dry pox?

[Csweaver]

I have a batch of five week old chicks that have been living in the house their whole lives so far. Just this week I noticed a bump like this on two of them and the only thing I can think of it could be is dry pox. The bump is very hard. Since it is spread by mosquitoes, it seems really unlikely but that could be it, although I suppose it’s possible. Mosquitos do occasionally get in the house….I’ve never had it in any of my other chickens, though, so I’m wondering if there’s anything else it could be?

 

[Tookie]

I have a batch of five week old chicks that have been living in the house their whole lives so far. Just this week I noticed a bump like this on two of them and the only thing I can think of it could be is dry pox. The bump is very hard. Since it is spread by mosquitoes, it seems really unlikely but that could be it, although I suppose it’s possible. Mosquitos do occasionally get in the house….I’ve never had it in any of my other chickens, though, so I’m wondering if there’s anything else it could be?

Is there any lesions or canker inside the mouth where the bump is?

 

[Csweaver]

Is there any lesions or canker inside the mouth where the bump is?

No. The inside of the mouth looks good.

 

[Tookie]

No. The inside of the mouth looks good.

Then it may be dry pox. There's not really anything you can do about it, you just have to let it run its course.

 

[Csweaver]

Then it may be dry pox. There's not really anything you can do about it, you just have to let it run its course.

Thank you

 

[Csweaver]

Thank you

Then it may be dry pox. There's not really anything you can do about it, you just have to let it run its course.

Is it possible they are just regular mosquito bites? I was thinking about that in the middle of the night. Can I put Benadryl cream on them?

 

[Tookie]

Is it possible they are just regular mosquito bites? I was thinking about that in the middle of the night. Can I put Benadryl cream on them?

I really don't think its just mosquito bites, especially if its on two of them and I've been keeping chickens for awhile and have never encountered this.
Not sure on the cream, I'll tag the experts.
@azygous @Wyorp Rock @Eggcessive

 

[Eggcessive]

It looks like a common bump that chickens can get on their faces. Some are thought to be from pecks or papilloma virus. Most disappear or drop off. But if more appear it could be fowl pox. No treatment is needed for fowl pox, and scabs of that should not be disturbed so to not spread it.

 

[Csweaver]

It looks like a common bump that chickens can get on their faces. Some are thought to be from pecks or papilloma virus. Most disappear or drop off. But if more appear it could be fowl pox. No treatment is needed for fowl pox, and scabs of that should not be disturbed so to not spread it.

Thank you so much for your thoughts! I was just about to integrate them with a different batch of chicks that’s a couple weeks older. How long would you hold off doing that to see if what else develops? Is it weird that two of them have this? Both batch of chicks have been with me since they arrived in the mail as babies and were inside in side by side pens in the house until I moved the other ones to a larger enclosure in our shop.