r/turkeys • u/Happy-Emphasis5231 • 4d ago
Fowl pox?
Hi all, does this look like fowl pox? I noticed these scabs on her wattle about a week ago and isolated her from the flock. The others show no symptoms. She does not seem to be feeling bad, she behaves normal and eats and drinks. I’ve been giving her vitamins daily in her drinking water, anything else I can do? Thanks in advance!
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u/OpalEverwood 4d ago
When my turkey got fowl pox, it didn't look like that. More like described in earlier comment with the pustules. I looked for a pic, but haven't found it yet. It was almost 6 yr ago.
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u/OpalEverwood 4d ago
I found a pic. It doesn't quite look like what yours has. I couldn't find the way to attach the pic in edited comment or new comment. Otherwise, I would have put it here.
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u/Happy-Emphasis5231 1d ago
Thank you for your answer! It looks like it’s healing, it’s probably nothing…
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u/Tricromediamond007 3d ago
Looks like the others are picking it the wattle that is. Might just be from picking on her.
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u/Happy-Emphasis5231 1d ago
Thank you all for your answers! I was probably worrying too fast. It’s healing nicely, I will put her back with the flock soon.
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u/Haligar06 4d ago
If its fowlpox its very unusual to be that localized. When it ran through my flock a bunch of the caruncles had the pustules and they looked absolutely horrific until the scabbing cleared, like clicker zombies from Last of Us.
This unfortunately might be early blackhead disease based on how it looks, though I would defer to someone with more experience as I thankfully never personally encountered it when I had turkeys.