Help! Sudden chicken flock death!

[CBormann]

I dont know whats wrong with my birds. Recently they have all been dying. They have red welts all over their faces, their eyes are messed up, and they have almost like a seizure before they die.. does anyone know whats going on?

 

[I have WHAT in my yard?]

Eeek! That's horrible. I hope some one knows what that is. Have you contacted the local extension office?

 

[cariboujaguar]

Sound slike a big problem, I'm so sorry... hope someone replies soon who can help...

 

[Glenda L Heywood]

yes it is a serius case of fowl pox
and as soon as you noticed it you should have vaccinated the whole flock except the sick ones for fowl pox

now all you can do is hope they can get over it

I always fed them some neomycin in their water as a help for the infection in their lungs
also fed the
wet mash probiotic
2 qts dry crumbles
3-1/2 qts of milk
1/2 cup of yoguart
and add some good vit's to the wet mash each time you give it to them
whilethey are sick feed this with vit's once a day
when they eat it in 20-30 minutes
clean the wet feeders and restock the dry crumble
it takes them several weeks to recover and the inflamation in their system is what kills them

we always when living in iowa vaccinated every thing for fowl pos in august as it was warm enough for them at night
and the fowl pox which is caused by mosquitos are bad in fall in Iowa
we even vaccinated the chicks. As the flock gets small dose of the fowl pox when vaccinating so they need to be all vaccinated once a yr

email me for more info

 

[CBormann]

we just noticed last night that 7 of the birds were dead and almost 10 more have died today. we have never had this issue before and we thought it was simple dehydration because last night when we gave them water they all went nuts and its been very warm. also though they run around and into things like they are blind and i watched one have a seizure before dying

 

[MoodyChicken]

Sounds like Fowl Pox. Are the sores in the mouth too? If so it's Wet Pox and you'll need to clean the airways so they don't suffocate. The seizures are odd though... my guess is that they are oxygen deprived from the sores closing the airway and thus lose control in their final moments. Suffocation is never pleasant. Good luck! They will recover on their own in about 3 weeks, but there are a few rememdies that will help. I don't know them off the top of my head though. Survivors are permanently immune.

 

[CBormann]

if it is fowl pox.. is it possible for me to get it if i get bit by the mosquitos in the hen house or anything like that?

 

[Glenda L Heywood]

no you won't get it

look this up as a friend of mine gave me this info on this subject


Human chicken pox and avian fowl pox are not the same disease. They are caused by entirely different virus. There is no cross infection between humans and birds.

Human Chicken Pox is Varicella zoster see-
http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/chic ... c-overview

Avian fowl pox is-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fowl_pox

 

[Chicken Woman]

IM not much help but IM sorry this is happening !

 

[Guinea Goonie]

Please do a search on fowl pox on this site. Unfortunately, this disease is somewhat rare and when it comes calling it is devastating.

So Sorry this has found your flock.