Really advanced bacterial skin infection HELP

[Inesg9]

My 1.5 year old hen contracted a bad skin infection that I first didn’t even notice for a while. I went to the vet and he prescribed antibiotics (Nystatin and Enrofloxacin) and a topical cream (Fura-zone). I’m administering it now since two weeks and it’s just getting worse everyday. The next step the vet suggested is to do a skin culture and develop a more targeted medicine which takes up to 1.5 weeks and I don’t think my poor chicken has that much time left. It’s really bad. She plug out all her feathers around the infected areas on her breast and between her feet. It starts with pink bumps that then get crusty and some break open. Has anybody seen anything like this before? I almost want to end her misery but wanted to post here before I do that. She is also still eating which makes me hold off. Poop is solid, but greenish. She is sleeping a lot, mostly with her head tug beneath the wing. If I let her out in the garden she just wants to hide and finds a corner. The wounds look so bad by now I’m surprised she is still alive.

 

[Eggcessive]

The first 2 pictures look like fowl pox, a virus carried by mosquitoes. The legs could be scaly leg mites, I think. What is the last picture of, the vent? Can you look inside the beak for any yellow material?

 

[RubelliteRose]

What is the last picture of, the vent?

I believe that is the side of the hen's neck. I had to click on image to tell.

Watching this thread - I hope you find some answers!

 

[Eggcessive]

Do you have mosquitoes out now? What part of the world are you in?Yes, I see now that is the side of the neck, thanks. Normally scabs should not be disturbed with fowl pox. I may be wrong, and it could be something else. The skin form of Mareks disease might be a possibility. I will tag @casportpony and @Wyorp Rock for advice to look at your pictures.

I believe that is the side of the hen's neck. I had to click on image to tell.

 

[Eggcessive]

Here are some articles about fowl pox if that is what you think it may be:
http://extension.msstate.edu/publications/fowl-pox-backyard-flocks

https://the-chicken-chick.com/fowl-pox-prevention-treatmen/

 

[Inesg9]

The first 2 pictures look like fowl pox, a virus carried by mosquitoes. The legs could be scaly leg mites, I think. What is the last picture of, the vent? Can you look inside the beak for any yellow material?

The skin has been tested for mites and it came back negative. The last picture is her breast area. Really scrappy and with large red bumps now. nothing yellow in her beak.

 

[Inesg9]

The first 2 pictures look like fowl pox, a virus carried by mosquitoes. The legs could be scaly leg mites, I think. What is the last picture of, the vent? Can you look inside the beak for any yellow material?

the skin was tested for mites and came back negative. Nothing yellow in her beak. The last picture is of her neck and breast area....it looks worse now, but didn't dare to post a picture of it ...large pink bumps and scrappy parts.

 

[Eggcessive]

Has she been in a coop or run with mud or wet bedding? There could be 2 or more different things happening, but I do feel like the comb looks a lot like avian pox. I would clean the legs with soap and warm water soaking, and after drying them apply a good coating of petroleum jelly. Repeat every other day for a bit. Leg mites are microscopic, and only seen with a microscope. You can apply Betadine (povidone iodine) to the comb scabs to help dry them out.

 

[Inesg9]

Do you have mosquitoes out now? What part of the world are you in?Yes, I see now that is the side of the neck, thanks. Normally scabs should not be disturbed with fowl pox. I may be wrong, and it could be something else. The skin form of Mareks disease might be a possibility. I will tag @casportpony and @Wyorp Rock for advice to look at your pictures.

There were Mosquitos in the summer and this is something that might have started back in August, slowly and I just didn't notice.

 

[Inesg9]

Has she been in a coop or run with mud or wet bedding? There could be 2 or more different things happening, but I do feel like the comb looks a lot like avian pox. I would clean the legs with soap and warm water soaking, and after drying them apply a good coating of petroleum jelly. Repeat every other day for a bit. Leg mites are microscopic, and only seen with a microscope. You can apply Betadine (povidone iodine) to the comb scabs to help dry them out.

No wet bedding. I'm in Los Angeles and it's extremely dry here. I have one other chicken that looks very healthy and perky. I just seperated them 2 weeks ago, but the illness might have been progressing since August. I'm more concerned with the bumps and scrapes on her body which seem to spread very rapidly. I just looked up pics of fowl pox and the comb definitely looks like it. Just nothing in her mouth and her eyes are fine too. I'll try to apply green goo to the wounds and see what happens. Just strange that the antibiotics are not doing anything, but might be because the vet thought it's bacterial not viral.