Need your help, is it Fow pox or Mosquitoes

[Darklingstorm]

All my chickens have started showing these places on their combs, wattles, ear lobes, around the mouth and eyes.
But here is the kicker, these spots are only on the exposed parts not the undersides, like the inside of the wattles (the places in between the wattles). That are no marks on the underside (were the comb flops over) of the Leghorn's comb either.
*the yellow stuff on their beaks is hard boiled egg yokes - a treat for standing still*

The top of the leghorn's comb (exposed all the time)



Same chicken but the underside of the comb



Here is a picture of one of my Production Reds


And here is one of my Delaware

 

[jojoncandie]

have they been vaccinated for fowl pox before

 

[Darklingstorm]

no they haven't been vaccinated

 

[TXchickmum]

-looks like Fowl Pox to me. -similar appearance to my birds several weeks ago.

 

[jojoncandie]

It is a very good possibility that it could be 1 form of the fowl pox, mine started looking like that a while back and i quarantined the bad ones and vaccinated all the chickens I had..Its best to order the vaccine as it will come with the wing web needle, vaccine and dilutent...you can find this on alot of poultry suppliers websites...after i vaccinated mine seemed to slowly get better but took a while...even without vaccination people told me it would run its course in three to four weeks and they would gain a immunity on it but idk

 

[Darklingstorm]

It will be week 2 on Wednesday that I noticed the marks (but I'm sure they had it a little while longer). This was just sooooo bad timing for me. I was planning on selling the flock this month so that I could get the modifications started for the next years flock. Oh well I guess another 2 or 3 months won't kill me. Will just have to worker faster later.


But I am curious as to why it is only showing up on the exposed parts and not the undersides. I figured if it was fowl pox that it would be on both sides of the comb and wattle since it's an internal virus.
Did it do the same with your chickens?

 

[TXchickmum]

Yes. My chickens just showed signs on combs and tops of wattles. Two had a couple on the leg, and two had spots near the beak. It was dry pox, and they had very few places. -seemed to do just fine and continued to eat/drink like normal. (Upon recommendation of an avian vet, I added electrolytes to the water to help with "stress" since it has been very hot (here). Also, we added Duramycin to the water. This will do nothing to eliminate the pox, but it is a preventative against secondary respiratory infection to which they may be more susceptible. I didn't vaccinate, and a few birds never contracted the pox even though they ranged with the other birds. -best of luck with your flock! -hope all goes well!

 

[Darklingstorm]

Thank you
I am adding vitamins and electrolytes to water. I refrigerate 1 gallon and give it during the hottest part of the day so I know they all get some of the "special" water. They haven't even slowed down on production though their eggs are slightly smaller then normal.