Recent content by ironwoodfarm

Thanks mjsdhs, I would normally go that route, but this flock is already overdue for butchering and only a couple of them are showing a few pox. I was thinking it would be good to get them all done before it spreads to all of them. I suppose I could just do everyone who doesn't have pox yet...

Hi, I posted this over in the diseases section but thought it might be more appropriate here. A simple question: are chickens with a minor outbreak of fowl pox in the dry form (still eating and drinking and behaving normally, no clogging of mucosa) and not taking medication safe to process and...

Bumping--hoping for some insight by Friday

Hi, I have a fowl pox outbreak that started in my turkeys about a week ago. I have separated them from the broiler chickens but just today noticed that one of them also has the pox. We are scheduled to process them on Friday (we do it ourselves). I have searched the internet far and wide and...