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That is good to hear! My situation went from bad to worse. I started a separate thread as I am not sure its all the same disease https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/831100/5th-chick-dying-in-my-hands-right-now-helpHi All-
All six of my hens have fowl pox now. It is dry pox and they are all through the worst of it. They're in their 3rd week. Most of them had eyes swell shut for a day. One both eyes for a day and clearly felt really sick. She didn't try to get back to the coop at sundown, I had to carry her in. It hasn't been any big deal at all, except that most of them stopped laying. Our leghorn and one of our buffs kept laying. I'll post again when they're completely done losing the scabs.
Speaking of laying, my cream legbars that were born in Feb laid pullet eggs every day for a few months, and have not laid in about a month. It's possible they already had the fowl pox virus and that's why, but they have seemed completely normal throughout. The days aren't noticeably shorter yet here, so I really don't think that's it. Ideas anyone?
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