All of mine are wet pox, with the black warts around the beak and yellow stuff in the mouth. No foul odor. The last turkey that died sounded like he was breathing through a stuffy nose. I think his throat filled up with pox and he suffocated. I have not had anyone recover from wet pox :hit
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@casportpony I have a question about your hen #5 . How did you know that was wet pox? I have a turkey that has eye swelling like that, but I wonder if it is mycoplasma.
it is still spreading despite the cold weather. now one chicken has wet pox :hit
I found this article. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1590183
Scientists infected 3 groups of chickens with fowlpox virus. First group got the virus from a comb scratch, second group got virus eyedrops, third group got virus throat swab. Comb scratch infection turned into dry pox. Throat swab...
@casportpony Do you know why so many of your hens got wet pox? Everything I read says that wet pox is rare. I just lost 2 turkeys to wet pox. It was my fault, I thought it was just fighting injuries so I did nothing 😭 feel so guilty.
I am so worried my other birds will get it. I had never seen...