Rural Gardening: Serama "fowl pox" - Pics attached - HELP :(, 1 by musicnotes

musicnotes wrote:
Hi,
Oh dear. Not only did I lose my first Serama this morning (partially pipped then died), but my son noticed that a spot on Gibson's comb was bigger! Then, when I picked him up and got a closer look, I noticed that it appeared to have spread. You can easily see the crusted over one on the left side of his comb, but if you look closely, there are smaller ones on the waddle, the other side of the comp and even on the bottom of the eye.

Background:
Have had him for 1 month and 1 week (TODAY) along w/ 2 hens and a pullet.
No signs of this on ANY of the other 3 birds
The 1 spot showed up about 1 week ago.
I doubt they have had a fowl pox vaccination
They have not been around ANY other birds since I have owned them.
I've researched and from what I've read, there is no cure, but a vaccination that prevents it. This is what I believe to be the "dry form" (no pox inside mouth or ears). I can't find a true method of helping him. Am I now going to have to separate him into a place by himself for the rest of his life??
More Pics will follow

PS-when I say I lost my 1st Serama this morning, I mean this is the first Serama I've lost. It is the 6th to "start" to hatch through the incubator.


This message was edited Oct 12, 2008 7:11 PM