Moldy looking comb?? What is it??

[Miyashi]

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[ChicaChick777]

I have been dealing with this for weeks now. Have already lost 3 birds, and feel sure will lose 2 more by days end. I had 26 chickens, and my first mistake was getting them from more than one source. (first time chicken person!) I am so sick of this, wish it would just stop! I have talked to a vet that told me there is really nothing to be done, the vaccine must be given when still chicks, like by 12 weeks. Dry pox will usually go away on it own, but some of mine is turning into wet pox, which kills them. The scabs get into their insides and slowly kills them. The last batch of chickens I got was 5 French Cooper Marans, not for showing just for eggs, one rooster and the rest hens, and 2 hens are gone, the rooster will go today am sure. I have wormed them, put antibiotics in water, fed them with droppers, put electrolytes in water, we gutted their coop and cleaned real well, just don't kno what else to do. Some of my chickens, the RI reds, the Barred Rocks, buff Orpingtons, show no signs of getting it whatsoever, don't know if they were vaccinated at birth or what. But the vet said at this point there is no need to separate the sick ones because they have all been exposed. He said just let it run its course and keep doing what we're doing.



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HI:I posted the above paragraph previously today in another thread about this same thing. Dry fowl and wet fowl pox are going through my flock, I am in southern Alabama. Wet pox will kill them. Vaccines will not do any good unless given within first 12 days, I said weeks but meant days, according to vet I talked to. It makes you feel helpless because theres really nothing you can do once they get it.I know I will not buy another chicken unless I know it has been vaccinated for Avian pox. Hopefully your chickens will be fine and will not get any worse, some of mine only got the dry pox, and some have no signs at all .

I am currently going through the same exact thing. I had 26 Day old chicks come in and after 72 hours only 14 were still alive. It took 8 weeks to show symptoms of fowl pox. I lost 1 out of the 14 day old chicks after 8 weeks and she was breathing heavy for the whole 8 weeks.
At that point, I still had no clue how to treat them or what it was, until I had my adult head Rooster and Hen meet them. My hen and rooster spent, about half a day each, with the pullets, separately, on two consecutive days. Within a couple days, one of my other adult hens had tiny black dots. Then, it broke out to everyone. Somedays they showed no symptoms, and some days they did show symptoms.
Then of course, the pullets (still inside my home) showed dry pox. I assume they had wet pox and then it turned into dry pox. I sterilized the coops with vinegar, hydrogen peroxide, and water, only once. I also, gave everyone 3 days of

Sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim DS, in their water.​

Then 3 weeks later, I gave all adult birds Tylan 200 injections for 1 dose only. Then I continued tylan 200 at about .5 cc per adult bird, .4 cc per pullet, per day, in all waters for 15 days. Some days I skipped the tylan 200, when they showed heavy, possible withdrawel symptoms.
It is now 3 months in and the dry pox is slowing down. All 17 of my adult chickens are doing great despite having a little dry pox. (They just welcomed 3 new hens)
We lost only 1 adult and she died after her injection (she was the first out of everyone, to show little black dots on her combs).
All 13 pullets are doing great ( They just welcomed 7 new flock mates)

My only suggestion...DO NOT over clean druing fowl pox invasion. The more I would sweep and clean their bedding, the more the more black and scabby dots would show up on their combs and wattles.
Give them lots of rest, space, and privacy, to do their thing. I had to retreat and rarely interacted with them during the antibiotic treatments. Its been 3 months and my flock proved most will overcome fowl pox. It is NOT a death sentence.
Good Luck to you all. I hope my intel helps you all in the future.
With Love, Tiffany Vincente