What's going on on my hen's head/eye?

[JulieBeth07]

We had been on vacation and I noticed this yesterday. I apologize the right side picture didn't come out well. Her right eye does have discharge. I didn't see anyone else in the flock affected. I have quarantined her. Given food and water.. some scrambled eggs with some nutridrench. She's eating/pooping normal.

 

[SmiYa0126]

Looks like fowl pox, from the pictures.

 

[coach723]

It does look like probable fowl pox, the first picture is too blurry to tell what the white blob by the eye is. Fowl pox is a virus transmitted by biting insects, usually mosquito's. There is no real treatment, it just runs it's course, usually with no issues. There are two forms, wet and dry, yours looks like the dry, wet can be more serious. Sometimes (not often or always) lesions near the eye can cause a secondary infection in the eye and for that you can get Terramycin eye ointment without a prescription, if needed, put in the affected eye twice a day. Some feed stores and tractor supply stores carry it.
The lesions will darken, scab over, and the scabs will fall off. The scabs can potentially spread the virus to others, so keep feeders and waterers clean. It's best to leave the scabs alone, if one gets particularly nasty looking you can dab a bit of iodine on it with a cotton swab. Once a bird gets it, they usually don't get it again.
http://extension.msstate.edu/publications/fowl-pox-backyard-flocks

 

[Eggcessive]

I agree that it looks like a case of fowl pox, a virus carried by mosquitoes in warm weather. That lloks to be pus or exudate in the right eye. I would clean the eye with QTips and tissues, and flush the eye with some saline or eye wash. Then if you can get Terramycin eye ointment or plain Neosporin ointment, put a small dab in the eye twice a day. Pox can lower the immunity, and their can be secondary infections. No other treatment is necessary, and the virus will go away in 4-6 weeks.

 

[JulieBeth07]

It does look like probable fowl pox, the first picture is too blurry to tell what the white blob by the eye is. Fowl pox is a virus transmitted by biting insects, usually mosquito's. There is no real treatment, it just runs it's course, usually with no issues. There are two forms, wet and dry, yours looks like the dry, wet can be more serious. Sometimes (not often or always) lesions near the eye can cause a secondary infection in the eye and for that you can get Terramycin eye ointment without a prescription, if needed, put in the affected eye twice a day. Some feed stores and tractor supply stores carry it.
The lesions will darken, scab over, and the scabs will fall off. The scabs can potentially spread the virus to others, so keep feeders and waterers clean. It's best to leave the scabs alone, if one gets particularly nasty looking you can dab a bit of iodine on it with a cotton swab. Once a bird gets it, they usually don't get it again.
http://extension.msstate.edu/publications/fowl-pox-backyard-flocks

Thank you so much! I have some terramycin on hand. Will flush and treat with that. Thank you again!

 

[JulieBeth07]

I agree that it looks like a case of fowl pox, a virus carried by mosquitoes in warm weather. That lloks to be pus or exudate in the right eye. I would clean the eye with QTips and tissues, and flush the eye with some saline or eye wash. Then if you can get Terramycin eye ointment or plain Neosporin ointment, put a small dab in the eye twice a day. Pox can lower the immunity, and their can be secondary infections. No other treatment is necessary, and the virus will go away in 4-6 weeks.

Thank you so much!!