chicken with a scab on her beak.

[nachoqtpie]

I figured it was a pretty useless post, but I posted in byc about my chicken. Nobody has responded.

Anyways, about a month ago I got 3 new adult hens from a friend. Since I don't have a quarintine area, and I know the chickens well enough to know they weren't sick, I just tossed them all together. (I know.... bad chicken keeper.) Anyways, they fought for a little while and had a few little more the meaningless injuries (one had part of her comb ripped off, and a couple had small holes, but nothing super serious.) Well, yesterday I noticed that Louise had something that looked like dirt on her beak sort of below her nostril. I couldn't catch her to look at it so my husband helped me today and it looks like a scab has started growing into her beak!? I posted some pictures on byc but since I'm now on the kindle, I can't post them.

byc post
Here is the link tho if you would like to see them.

I don't know if thie is something serious or not. Any ideas or suggestions?

 

[Ridgerunner]

Look up Fowl Pox. It's sometimes spread by mosquitoes.

I've never seen it in person but.........

 

[nachoqtpie]

Hmmm... It does look sort of similar, but there is no discharge from her nose. Also, there was nothing there beforehand. It could be tho..... I surely hope it's not. That would seriously suck badly..... :/

 

[bobm]

I looked at your photos... since the chickens were fighting, she most likely received an injury and is forming a scab over the injury. One of two things could result. When the scab falls off the injury would have healed. Or , since the outside surface of the beak is a horny material, the scab will deposit scafolding and mineralize into a distorted growth that will be not too atractive, but nothing to wory about.

 

[nachoqtpie]

I was thinking the same thing. Hubby says I worry too much and that it was nothing. I told him that I wasn't "freaking out" (tho, I was just a tiny bit on the inside.. hehe) and that I was simply posting to see what some other opinions were.

 

[nachoqtpie]

Nope.... it is avian pox.

We were out doing more examinations and I caught our little cochin and her eye is swollen and she has one pox spot on her comb. I put them in separate brooders with food and water with electrolytes in it. All I can do is hope that none of the rest of them get it I guess... :/ I'm still not for certain that what Louise has is pox... but I put her in the brooder box anyways.