Eye problems and beak "rot"

poor babie best wishes other wise they are ADORABLE!!!

Fowl pox huh? Thank you everyone. I will get online and see what I can find out and I will keep you posted.

Don

Back to the top. I am not 100% sure it is pox, but still checking. Does anyone else have any ideas??? Please?

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I just did a head count and I have close (ranging in age from 1 month old chicks to 3 and 4 year old adults) to 100 chickens. I have examined them thoroughly and none (Other than these 7 chicks) show any signs of something being wrong. Some I have gotten as chicks from one of the bigger hatcheries and some I have bought locally and some come from our own egg hatching.

The reading I have done on fowl pox indicated that it comes from either being bitten by an insect that is carrying the virus (mild results) to coming in contact with it from an airborne means. (mores severe) Either way, unfortunately, I cannot cure the affected chicks, all I can do is keep them separated from the others until such time they show no more symptoms. And this is provided that they indeed have fowl pox. If it was airborne, I would imagine that some of my other chickens would also be showing signs of being sick and if it came from an insect bite, why are their symptoms so severe? I am truly at a loss as to what this is exactly, bit I'm still searching for an answer.

Thanks again everyone for your help.

Your County Extension Agent may be able to help with a diagnosis. Call and ask if Fowl Pox is common in your area, and if not, what ELSE may be, with these symptoms.
I've had to make that call a couple of times and now I know what is common and what is rare where I live.
I hope you can find out soon what it is and treat early.

ETA: The closest thing to a chicken vet in my area is the 'old guy' at my feed store and he'll take a look at a sick chicken and tell you exactly what's wrong and what to do about it. He even makes house calls because he doesn't want sick chickens brought to the store. If you have someone like this they can be a very valuable resource.

Thank you for that advice. I never thought about doing that. I will call them ASAP!

Another resource is your state vet. I've not called mine yet, but I understand that office can be helpful with diagnosis also. They will do a necropsy for you for free if you have any chickens that die from an unknown cause.

I have the same exact problem you have,My chicks have same looking soars corner of beak and eyes seem most effected.
I have delt with fowl pox in the past and they got better within 2 weeks with lots of fresh water with molasses in it and garlic oil,
I also put mineral oil on soars and cleaned it every day.But this seems different to me its not exactly the same as fowl pox i was
thinking beak rot ,or eye worms or both i just wish i knew i hatched my chicks sept 26 they all are happy healthy chicks till one day i
noticed alittle spot in the corner of the beak and the eye was wastering a little i cleaned it i did everything i would do for fowl pox
but there not getting better.I hope you figure it out and share the info with me.Sorry bout your chicks

I have read online that VetRX is good for treating eye worm. Have never had eye worms in my chickens but I do keep this product in my med box for them.[not for the eyeworms but for the chickens].........................Welcome to BYC

Generally fowl pox is the dry kind which is black places on the comb and wattles, seen in older chickens. It is from mosquito bites. It goes away in three weeks on its own and then they are immune. My flock had it summer before last.

Those look like piss ant bites or fire ant bites to me. I've lost baby chicks to fire ants.

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I think that is what it was. I lost all of the chicks but one who is still doing awesome. (She was older and had 'bites' on her too) To this day, none of my other chickens have shown any signs of anything wrong, including some new breeds we added a couple of months ago (close to 100 chickens)

Thanks everyone!

Don