Is this fowl pox?

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The first picture is of Petunia, I’m pretty sure that’s fowl pox, but wanted to get yalls opinion? The other pictures are of my other 3 chickens. Does it look like they all have fowl pox? I have iodine for the scabs and electrolytes for their water.
 

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Yes, it looks like most of them have the dry form of fowl pox, a virus carried by mosquitoes. It lasts around a month. Do not disturb the scabs. Iodine can sometimes help to dry out the scabs, but isn’t always necessary. There is no treatment for it. A more serious type of pox is wet fowl pox, which causes yellow plaques inside the beak and throat.
 
Electrolytes are not necessary unless they are very sick, and not eating or drinking. Only give them for a few days as they can cause diarrhea. Most chickens that have pox will be immune to the chicken strain later on. There is a vaccine available. Here is a good article about fowl pox:
https://the-chicken-chick.com/fowl-pox-prevention-treatmen/
 

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