How did this turn out? I hope all went well and healed quickly!
I am in SW Oklahoma, and I just noticed my youngest chicks with this about Aug 22,2015, only a month behind the posters in TX (and the day I was leaving for a few days to visit Mom!). They have all been in the same pen for 2 weeks, and only the 2wk olds have this, the chicks that are 3-4 weeks old don't have it. They have wart-like growths on eyelids and the skin around the beak and earlobes. I will check again tomorrow, but haven't seen any on the 29 adults, including the 3 mama hens with the chicks.
I plan to start them on some Turmeric Golden Paste and Vitamin D3 tomorrow, and will put them in a holding pen of some type and only let them back in their tractor after being given the goods. I am reading every post I can find about fowl pox after searching for 'growths' and similar terms, and it is apparently a virus. Without any other infection, pointless to give antibiotics, but I will start probiotics mixed in with the GP VitD3 and some porridge type food to feed it with.
Anyone else ever use Turmeric for anything?
I am in SW Oklahoma, and I just noticed my youngest chicks with this about Aug 22,2015, only a month behind the posters in TX (and the day I was leaving for a few days to visit Mom!). They have all been in the same pen for 2 weeks, and only the 2wk olds have this, the chicks that are 3-4 weeks old don't have it. They have wart-like growths on eyelids and the skin around the beak and earlobes. I will check again tomorrow, but haven't seen any on the 29 adults, including the 3 mama hens with the chicks.
I plan to start them on some Turmeric Golden Paste and Vitamin D3 tomorrow, and will put them in a holding pen of some type and only let them back in their tractor after being given the goods. I am reading every post I can find about fowl pox after searching for 'growths' and similar terms, and it is apparently a virus. Without any other infection, pointless to give antibiotics, but I will start probiotics mixed in with the GP VitD3 and some porridge type food to feed it with.
Anyone else ever use Turmeric for anything?