urbanchick Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 I have noticed half a dozen or so whitish lumps on my Miss Pepperpot's comb and wattles. They look like blisters but seem quite solid. The biggest one is on her wattle, shown in this pic: http://www.smugmug.com/photos/603232396_8fDRd-L.jpg Any ideas? She doesn't have any other symptoms Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 strange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattaz Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 Interesting.. Your right it does look like blisters. Im not sure but it could be an early symptom of Fowl-Pox, A Virus-Related disease spread by Biting insects. When a Chicken gets Fowl-Pox They tend to get whitish lumps on their wattles and comb. As i Say, it is just 1 symptom. Another Symptom is drop in egg production. If your chicken does have fowl pox, its the dry version which is not as bad as the wet version. Ive Red that any chicken suffering from this nasty virus will soon recover within weeks. Hope this has helped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 One of my late lamented girls, Nugget, had Fowl pox. (So did a couple of the others I suspect, but they had very little in the way of blemishes)The marks looked nothing like that. I wonder of your girl has been stung. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urbanchick Posted July 28, 2009 Author Share Posted July 28, 2009 I don't think she's been stung. They are not watery inflamed blisters, more like solid, pearly white plaques and they there are a few of them, it's just that one is very large (can you see the 2 at the front of the comb, on the edge?). I am inclined to agree with Mattaz and think fowl pox having looked at other pics on the web, but only if they go on to crust and scab over. Time will tell I guess..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 More images of lesions typical of Fowl Pox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urbanchick Posted July 28, 2009 Author Share Posted July 28, 2009 Thanks for the pics. Nothing like that so far on my chicken, so I'll wait to see if anything develops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
