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Human chicken pox and avian pox are not the same and not infectious to one another. As long as your chickens only have dry pox, it may not be that serious, unless they get wet pox which can exhibit yellow lesions inside the beak and throat. Make sure they are eating and drinking enough. Here...

Sorry about your losses, but glad that Cogburn is better. What exactly did you do for them to help them get over the pox? How many got wet pox or complications? Did you use certain antibiotics or treatments? I'm asking just to educate everyone else who deals with this disease.

Here is an excerpt from The Merck Manual about avian pox that is pretty informative: Clinical Findings The cutaneous form of fowlpox is characterized by nodular lesions on various parts of the unfeathered skin of chickens and on the head and upper neck of turkeys. Generalized lesions of...

I would look inside his mouth and throat for any yellowish patches that shouldn't be there. The pressence of those is wet fowl pox, and those patches can block the airway, so they should be removed if possible. I sent Kathy a PM about your thread.

Two more links from Casportpony on tube feeding videos and supplies: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/805728/go-team-tube-feeding https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/915751/tube-feeding-supplies-and-where-to-get-them

Oh my, that is a bad case. He may recover if you can get enough nutrition and fluid into him, since they can stop eating. I'm sure he feels miserable. Casportpony has treated many of her chickens in that condition, and she may be able to help you. First she will suggest weighing him on a...

Posting a picture may help to tell how severe it is. There is dry pox on the comb and wattles mostly, and wet pox that can be inside the mouth and throat which can be very serious. Sometimes it gets around the eyes. Many people don't so anything for dry pox, or they will put some Betadine or...