I've dealt with pox before and many other issues but never a severe case like this. This hen started having respiratory issues and we gave her basic respiratory medicine and she seemed to do better for a little while and then my husband noticed she went downhill fast. We haven't been able to catch her until today because I think she is so weak now. Her tongue is basically pasted to the bottom of her mouth due to the lesions or whatever it is. It smells really bad and she can't move her tongue at all and has bubbling come out of the sides of her mouth. Do I need to remove the lesions? If so any advice/suggestions on how to safely to do this/ is there a way to soften it up so she can move her tongue? I've read lots of mentions of using iodine, is this ok inside the mouth and do you apply it afterwards or something? I'm not sure what to do in such a severe case so please any help would be greatly appreciated.