Help!! What is wrong with my flock?! Pox, warts on feet and legs…

Some of them look like fowl pox, on the combs, a few look like pecking injuries. Usually you don't need to do anything about those, they will resolve on their own in a few weeks. The scabs will darken and fall off, there may be a pale spot there that will eventually fade and disappear. The legs could be pox, or could be insect bites. If they are superficial and not open I would leave them alone as well, if they are oozing or bleeding or open, I would either dab them with a bit of betadine, or apply some plain triple antibiotic ointment to those spots on the legs and feet as needed. You can use a q-tip, I would use a separate one for each bird as needed since it could possibly be pox, so you don't inadvertently spread it, the scabs can spread it. Pox can affect any of the non feathered body parts, combs wattles and faces are most common, but it can affect the legs and feet, just less common, anywhere a determined mosquito can get to.
 
So this doesn’t look like a serious disease
Some of them look like fowl pox, on the combs, a few look like pecking injuries. Usually you don't need to do anything about those, they will resolve on their own in a few weeks. The scabs will darken and fall off, there may be a pale spot there that will eventually fade and disappear. The legs could be pox, or could be insect bites. If they are superficial and not open I would leave them alone as well, if they are oozing or bleeding or open, I would either dab them with a bit of betadine, or apply some plain triple antibiotic ointment to those spots on the legs and feet as needed. You can use a q-tip, I would use a separate one for each bird as needed since it could possibly be pox, so you don't inadvertently spread it, the scabs can spread it. Pox can affect any of the non feathered body parts, combs wattles and faces are most common, but it can affect the legs and feet, just less common, anywhere a determined mosquito can get to.
so this doesn’t look like a serious disease to anyone? There had been light pink mottle marks on their feet before this. I was originally confident in pox but when I googled the symptoms of course bird flu was the first thing to show up and I freaked out.
 
If it were bird flu they would all be extremely sick, and dying. Fowl pox is usually fairly mild unless they got the wet form, which is much less common. Usually it runs it's course with no real problems. Once recovered they will have some resistance to it and shouldn't get it again. It's transmitted usually by mosquito's. Just make sure they are eating and drinking well, and keep an eye on them. They should be fine.
 
If it were bird flu they would all be extremely sick, and dying. Fowl pox is usually fairly mild unless they got the wet form, which is much less common. Usually it runs it's course with no real problems. Once recovered they will have some resistance to it and shouldn't get it again. It's transmitted usually by mosquito's. Just make sure they are eating and drinking well, and keep an eye on them. They should be fine.
They’ve had pox before at least most of them have I didn’t think they’d get it again
 

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