Is this fowl pox or something else

[KlinoClucks]

Thanks for all the info everyone! I really appreciate it

 

[dawg53]

Here's a list of pests that can cause fowl pox in chickens:
Mites, midges, flies, fleas. I recommend that you closely inspect your all your birds for any of these pests. Especially check around the vent area of each bird where it's warm and moist.
If you see any, you can use Permethrin dust to treat each bird. You'll also have to dust inside the coop and in nest boxes. Then repeat dusting again in 10 days to kill nits hatched from eggs. It's possible a third dusting might be required if there's a prolific infestation.
Mites suck blood and cause anemia, then death. They are tiny, black or red in color and have 8 legs. A magnifying glass can help ID them.

 

[Eggcessive]

I agree with everyone that you are dealing with fowl pox. It looks like a pretty significant infection. If anyone seems particularly sick or not eating, look inside the beak for any sign of wet pox, yellow lesions and patches.

 

[arianna7]

Looks like fowl pox to me.

i agree, mine have had it before, although not as bad, i think they got it from the geese. i washed and put olive oil on the effected area. luckily mine had the dry variation, and not wet!

 

[KlinoClucks]

Will definitely take a look!
I haven’t seen any mites bugs flies etc. around, but I’ll keep my eyes open!

 

[cc chickens]

It's definitely dry fowl pox, a bad case of it. I've dealt with it. As mentioned by @azygous, you can apply iodine to the lesions in order to kill the virus and the lesions will shrink and disappear, avoid the eyes. Otherwise the disease will run its course and go away on its own in about 6 weeks, and the lesions will drop off or shrink and disappear. Your birds will be immune to that particular strain thereafter. Mosquitos are the main vector for fowl pox. You can put a tiny amount of Neosporin in the eye(s) to prevent a bacterial infection if a bird scratches near an eye.

Untreated lesions will eventually fall off onto the ground and are very infective. If a bird picks up a lesion and eats it, there's a good possibility the bird will contract wet fowl pox which is more serious and deadly. Lesions will appear in the mouth and spread to the esophagus preventing the bird from eating and swallowing. Death is by starvation. Be aware of this possibility.
It's always best to apply iodine on all the lesions, except around the eyes as mentioned.
Eggs are safe to eat. The disease is not contagious to humans nor mammals, only birds.

I posted a threat yesterday & no one answered. But I seen this thread, & Im so glad. Thanks for this info.