Roo & Hens comb

[Nguel3812]

Hello I saw this just recently on my Roos & Hens. It’s white & black spots can someone help me with this ?

 

[Eggcessive]

That is the dry form of fowl pox a virus carried by mosquitoes. There is no treatment. It lasts about 3 weeks and can affect other flock members. If any seem especially sick, look inside the beak and throat for yellow patches that could be wet fowl pox, a more serious disease. The scabs can be contagious when they drop.here is some reading :
http://extension.msstate.edu/publications/fowl-pox-backyard-flocks

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

 

[Nguel3812]

That is the dry form of fowl pox a virus carried by mosquitoes. There is no treatment. It lasts about 3 weeks and can affect other flock members. If any seem especially sick, look inside the beak and throat for yellow patches that could be wet fowl pox, a more serious disease. The scabs can be contagious when they drop.here is some reading :
http://extension.msstate.edu/publications/fowl-pox-backyard-flocks

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

Thank you I really appreciate it! They seem to be perfectly fine. I separated the infected ones from the rest of the flock. Have you experienced this? If so what did you do & is it safe to separate them together to recover?

 

[dawg53]

Thank you I really appreciate it! They seem to be perfectly fine. I separated the infected ones from the rest of the flock. Have you experienced this? If so what did you do & is it safe to separate them together to recover?

There's not much you can do. Fowl pox is a virus and it'll slowly go through your flock. A bird might scratch at a lesion near her eye and it might become infected. If it happens, use an antibiotic ointment to treat the scratch and/or eye.
The scabs or lesions are infective. You can put iodine or black shoe polish on the scabs to help dry them up quicker, make sure you avoid the eyes using iodine or the shoe polish. Eggs are safe to eat. The disease is not transmittable to humans. I've dealt with fowl pox and it will take 4-5 weeks to go through your flock.
Once the diseases passes, your birds will be immune to that particular strain.

 

[Eggcessive]

I have only seen a single pox scab on a chicken a few years ago. It is much more a problem in tropical areas or in the southern states. Chicks can be severely affected, but most adult chickens can fight it off and recover unless there are secondary infections in the eye or if wet pox occurs. Make sure they are eating and drinking. If pox scabs develop near eyes, use plain Neosporin ointment in the eye twice a day. Pox scabs are infectious, and should be left alone. Once dried when scabs fall off, they can become powdery and breathed in to further spread pox virus to others. Fortunately affected chickens will be immune in the future to pox. There is a vaccine available in the US for the ones who have not been affected.

 

[Nguel3812]

There's not much you can do. Fowl pox is a virus and it'll slowly go through your flock. A bird might scratch at a lesion near her eye and it might become infected. If it happens, use an antibiotic ointment to treat the scratch and/or eye.
The scabs or lesions are infective. You can put iodine or black shoe polish on the scabs to help dry them up quicker, make sure you avoid the eyes using iodine or the shoe polish. Eggs are safe to eat. The disease is not transmittable to humans. I've dealt with fowl pox and it will take 4-5 weeks to go through your flock.
Once the diseases passes, your birds will be immune to that particular strain.

Did you ever experience or see your flock with lots of black big scabs? My rooster currently has a lot of black spots on the back of his comb. The other rooster seems to be doing okay just white bumps.

 

[dawg53]

Yep. Birds look terrible. I've dealt with fowl pox with my birds. It'll go away on its own in time. Birds act agitated and cut back in egg production.