What is this? Picture included

[texaschickmom]

What are these dark growths showing up on my hen? You can obviously see the one on her comb, but she also has one right by her eye and then on her earlobe. I've never seen this before. What is it and should I be worried?
Thanks for your help.

 

[Sylvestor12]

It looks like it might be fowlpox, I'd look it up to be sure, you are seeing her better than I am so you'd be more sure than me. Good luck!

 

[AmyTx101]

ive been reading up on chickens and if it is fowlpox trying putting shoe polish on it the touch places use a qtip people say it will be gone in a week or so..

 

[TXchickmum]

-does look similar to fowlpox. -several of my chickens just had this. -just kept a close eye on them, added some electrolytes and Duramycin to their water as a preventative against secondary/respiratory infection. What I've gleaned per research and a consultation with a poultry/agriculture professional, is that the dry pox isn't usually serious, will run its course, and the chickens will fully recover without incident. -hope your precious one is better soon!

 

[TriangleMaster9]

Even better than that you can get like organic probiotic powder stuff. Just sprinkle it in their water

 

[texaschickmom]

Thanks, everyone, I'll be doing my research on fowl pox since I've never had this in my flock before. I'm hoping it's not contagious?

 

[speckledhen]

Fowl pox is a virus caused by mosquitoes, so antibiotics won't affect it, being a virus. It runs through the flock in a couple of weeks. You can put iodine on the lesions or nothing. They'll dry up and flake off.

After they have it, they are immune. No idea if that is actually what she has, of course.

 

[texaschickmom]

Thanks so much for the help everyone! I just went out and checked on the little hen and she gobbled up the sunflower seeds I threw out. So I won't worry too much about this. Now that I know what it is, I'm remembering a couple of roosters that had these similar "lesions." I just figured they'd messed their combs up and it was scabs, but on second thought it might have been fowl pox.

 

[TriangleMaster9]

Fowl pox is a virus caused by mosquitoes, so antibiotics won't affect it, being a virus. It runs through the flock in a couple of weeks. You can put iodine on the lesions or nothing. They'll dry up and flake off.

After they have it, they are immune. No idea if that is actually what she has, of course.

I said probiotics not antibiotics.

 

[leadwolf1]

True. But someone else said to put Duramycin, an antibiotic, in the water....

I said probiotics not antibiotics.