Royal Palm Turkeys with Warts !!!

[CatAteBird]

Is this something I should be treating?? I have never seen this.. I bought these at an auction and I hope they won't hurt the rest of my flock???

 

[bluebirdfarm]

not sure i would be worried .

Poultry
Warty Growths on Comb

The appearance of warty growths or sores on the fleshy parts of a chicken's head is not usually a health risk that the producer should be concerned with. These lesions are produced as the bird's response to fowl pox virus injected by a mosquito. The condition appears more serious than it actually is. A scab forms as the bird develops a resistance to the viral disease organism. The bird will not usually show other effects to the disease and will recover within a short time unless complications arise.

A more detailed discussion of fowl pox is included in Diseases of Poultry

 

[silkiechicken]

Doesn't look like craunicles. You did quarantine for 30 days right? Keep them quarantined till you figure out what it may be. What ever it is, I bet it is 99.9% not bacterial.

 

[CatAteBird]

It's just really disturbing looking... Thanks for the info...

 

[soonerdog]

Are you sure it is not Fowl Pox?

I would be worried that it is contagious for others in the flock.

 

[ivan3]

I think soonerdog is on to something. Are there any `warts' on legs or feet? Have someone hold them while you check inside their mouths (if there are any `sores' /raw areas could be wet pox).

Will post two links: This is Suburban Homesteader's thread from yesterday on observation of pox in chicken flock:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=97294

And link to USGS Field Manual of Wild Bird diseases (section 4: viral diseases with photos/ avian pox).
This is an excellent manual/reference to download and have on hand.

http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/publications/field_manual/

Your turks need to be quarantined, if they're not already.

Please post more shots if possible. And, best of luck!