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[Janty]

Gerrard, my son's RIR miniature has developed yellow patches on her comb. The other girls are clear but gerrard has several patches. It looks like little blobs of infection. I couldn't call them absesses as there is no swelling as such. She has been losing feathers on her head for about a week. I put this down to a moult as several of my other girls are moulting at the moment.

 

I have consulted my Chicken Health Handbook and can't find any obvious answers. I am just going to call the vet but I wondered if anybody had any suggestions as to what it could be.

 

Jan

Edited July 28, 2008 by Guest

[Janty]

Called vet. They are going to get their chicken specialist to call me back when she gets in. My chicken health book threw up an interesting suggestion...Dry Pox.

 

Any ideas / experience of this?

 

Jan

[buffie]

Found this on line, never heard of it Janty

 

Dry pox starts as small whitish foci that develop into wart-like nodules. The nodules eventually are sloughed and scab formation precedes final healing. Lesions are most commonly seen on the featherless parts of the body (comb, wattles, ear lobes, eyes, and sometimes the feet).

 

Hope it all gets sorted quickly

 

Buffie x

[Egluntyne]

Mine had Fowl Pox a while back....and the vet said it was the dry version.

 

That started with lesions on the comb and face.

 

There was no treatment.

 

Three of mine were just a bit off it for about a month and then got better....although Nugget did pop her clogs about 2 months later....of who knows what.

 

I just gave them extras like Poultry Spice etc.

[Janty]

I only have one hen showing any symptoms.

Do you think I should keep her in isolation or let her free range with the others?

The vet hasn't called me back yet.

 

Thanks for the help.

 

Jan

[Egluntyne]

Not sure tbh. I didn't isolate my three and the others didn't appear to be affected.

 

I always felt that Nugget wasn't long for this world anyway.

[Janty]

Thanks

I have her separated at the moment. Will see what the vet has to say ... I have called them back but she is in surgery.

[Janty]

Vet wasn't much help.

She said that she thought that it was probably down to some sort of trauma to the head. I know that it's not.

She said that she had never seen avian pox (dry or wet) and she thought that it was highly contagious and that hens became carriers afterwards. She went on to say that I may have to sacrifice the one hen for the sake of the others.

She then went on to talk about the worry of it being avian flu, etc. and to call her back if Gerrard got worse.

[Janty]

Here are some photos that may help. Sorry they are a bit blurred.

 

 

 

Thanks for the advice.

 

Jan

[Egluntyne]

My girls had greyish lesions.

 

Maybe the yellow one has become slightly infected.

 

Poor Gerrard (interesting name for a girl!) has the same expression on her face that my girls had.

[Janty]

I was worried about Gerrard so I took her to see the vet on Tuesday. Vet said that it was a simple head injury...no pox. I have to say that her comb is more or less back to normal now and she is still running around all bright and bubbly.

 

They do give us some scares, don't they.

[Egluntyne]

That is good to hear.

[lisa33]

Phew. Glad she's OK.