Fowl pox

[ydalhsif]

My young turkey has fowl pox. She can’t see very good so she missed things I’ve been trying to feed her. It looks like I will have to hand feed her. I should have vaccinated her. The mosquitos have been bad and I know that this area is bad for pox.
Is there anything g I can put on them to get rid of them or help her.

 

[SmiYa0126]

Oh my gosh! @Wyorp Rock @azygous @Eggcessive please help

 

[azygous]

Is there a chicken inside all that ulceration? If so, how on earth does it eat? And that's the problem. If this chicken, if it is a chicken, and it can't eat, then you would be doing the chicken a huge favor by euthanizing it.

There is no cure for pox. But there is vaccination, and you can do it yourself very easily if you are in a country that sells it. It won't help this chicken, but you can prevent your other birds from getting it.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

That's quite a severe case of Fowl Pox.
Are there lesions/wet pox inside the beak to or is it all dry pox lesions on the outer skin?

IF just Dry Pox (meaning no lesions/wet pox inside the beak) then you can try tube feeding her for the duration and see how it goes. This may take weeks and you'll need to be committed to tubing her multiple times daily.
For Turkey, she really needs the higher protein Gamebird feed to sustain her, you can try blending it in a slurry to tube her. If not, then using Kaytee baby bird forumula would be best I think it's around 22% protein.

There's no quick fix even for Dry pox, it has to run its course. It's usually best not to disturb the scabs since it can cause it to spread, but this is so severe, you may want to paint Iodine on most of them to see if that will help dry them up. Use your judgement around the eyes.

If it's Wet Pox, that's another story. A lot of times birds will die due to exudes/lesions blocking the airways, the tongue, etc. Tubing feeding may help and an antibiotic may help with secondary infection, but not always.

If you feel she's suffering, in pain or deteriorating then putting her out of her misery is certainly something to consider.




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