Wet pox vs. canker vs. candida vs. cancer

[howdysarah]

Our favorite hen has this yellow plaque mass (picture taken today) since June 15th (so 5 weeks now). A few of my other hens had dry pox at the same time I noticed this, but their dry pox have long since healed. So wet pox? I have given her elderberry, thyme, vitamins, probiotics, VetRx, ACV and Amoxicillin/Tylosin X 5 days to prevent secondary infection. It looked like it was shrinking, so I backed off on those, but then it almost rebounded worse and has been this size since. So then I wondered if it was candida or canker, so she has been on both 300,000 units of Nystatin twice a day and 125 mg of metronidazole twice a day both for almost 4 days now and I see NO change in size. I am still adding ACV and probiotics and oregano oil to her food and trying to make it as nutrient dense as I can bc eating is hard for her. She is sleeping inside at night and we bring her in from the heat of the day bc she is a part bantam and an Americana, so she does not handle the Texas heat well trying to reduce her stress and conserve energy. Does anyone else have any thoughts of what this is and anything I should be doing or not doing? Thank you in advance.

 

[dawg53]

Is there a foul odor coming from her mouth? If so, it's canker.

Fowl pox is a virus and antibiotics are ineffective. Wet pox lesions can be removed using tweezers and use cotton balls or paper towels to absorb blood. Then use q-tips dipped in iodine to swab inside the mouth where the lesions were removed. Keep in mind that wet pox lesions can be located in the esophagus and trachea as well.
Lesions in the esophagus will prevent birds from swallowing feed and they will starve to death. Lesions in the trachea will cause breathing and respiratory issues.
There may come a time that her quality of life may decline and you'll have to make a decision to cull.

 

[howdysarah]

Is there a foul odor coming from her mouth? If so, it's canker.

Fowl pox is a virus and antibiotics are ineffective. Wet pox lesions can be removed using tweezers and use cotton balls or paper towels to absorb blood. Then use q-tips dipped in iodine to swab inside the mouth where the lesions were removed. Keep in mind that wet pox lesions can be located in the esophagus and trachea as well.
Lesions in the esophagus will prevent birds from swallowing feed and they will starve to death. Lesions in the trachea will cause breathing and respiratory issues.
There may come a time that her quality of life may decline and you'll have to make a decision to cull.

I don't notice any odor, so I am guessing it's fowl pox...plus the timing of the others having dry pox is too coincidental. Does it bleed alot? I am scared, but willing.

 

[howdysarah]

will it not go away on it's own?
have you ever removed one from inside their mouth? did they live?