White spots on combs

[bmaxim13]

I noticed today that most of my chickens have white spots on their combs. I've looked up conflicting things. Does this look like something that needs to be addressed?
My one chicken that has the pea comb, the comb looks enlarged also.
They are all acting normal, eating, drinking, laying (besides the rooster ha).

Thanks!

 

[SmiYa0126]

Hi, where are you located? Are mosquitoes bad?

 

[bmaxim13]

Hi, where are you located? Are mosquitoes bad?

Southeastern NC. They are awful right now and they went down the road tonight spraying for them....

 

[SmiYa0126]

It looks like fowl pox. Put betadeine on the spots, boost their immune system by giving them dried echinacea in their food, give them nutri drench in their water every other day. You can also give dried oregano in their food. You can also offer watermelon every so often to boost vitamin c

 

[Eggcessive]

I agree that it is a case of dry fowl pox. It is a virus spread by mosquitoes, and lasts about 3 weeks. Most adult chickens get over it, and are immune to it in the future. Some can get wet pox, which causes yellow material inside the beak, and is more serious.

 

[bmaxim13]

It looks like fowl pox. Put betadeine on the spots, boost their immune system by giving them dried echinacea in their food, give them nutri drench in their water every other day. You can also give dried oregano in their food. You can also offer watermelon every so often to boost vitamin c

Thank you! I have vetericyn and blukote on hand so I put that onto a cotton ball and rubbed it onto their combs tonight. I used a different cotton ball for each chicken.
I will get nutri drench and echinacea tomorrow and mix in oregano into their food.

Thank you again!!!

 

[bmaxim13]

I agree that it is a case of dry fowl pox. It is a virus spread by mosquitoes, and lasts about 3 weeks. Most adult chickens get over it, and are immune to it in the future. Some can get wet pox, which causes yellow material inside the beak, and is more serious

Thank you!!
The mosquitoes have been so awful the past week or so. I have kept cut herbs in the nesting boxes to help ward them off but I don't think anything is working to keep them away. I will keep an eye out for wet pox and fingers crossed no one gets that.

 

[Eggcessive]

I used to spray permethrin inside my coop to keep down flies and mosquitoes. It lasts 30 days, and is safe once it dries in about an hour. Fans can also help to deter them. Some use the Betadine to help dry up scabs, but it isn’t required. There is no treatment for pox.

 

[Silkiebegins]

I also agree it is fowl pox. My flock did not do good with it last year and we did sadly lost one. It can start as dry fowl pox but if it continues can lead into the throat. Once it reaches the throat it can choke them (but you seem to be dealing with it good). I also heard you can apply lemon onto the comb to help (don't know if it does any good though). Also there are plants that drive away mosquitos we were going to test it this year but they died on us so we don't know if it does any good. If your whole flock hasn't got it yet you can separate them to prevent it from spreading. Mosquitos also breed in pools of water so if you have anything with water in it, for example a kitty pool for the animals, you might want to dump it for the night.

 

[Silkiebegins]

There is no treatment for pox.

But there are things to help them with the fowl pox. Just a friendly reminder which we probably all know.