So, recently I discovered my flock has a case of fowl pox (i only have three birds, and they all seem to be mildly affected), or at least that's that I think it is. They (scabs) are mostly on their feet and toes and only one has a scab on her comb. it's been a little over a week since I...
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I had a rooster infected with what I thought was CRD with Canker in his mouth. 4 days of Tylan50 he started to recover. After a few weeks with no symptoms he had to be culled because he had caughed up flesh that just hung from his mouth which looked like it was caused by a block salivary...
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Please help. My BO hen, Rapunzel (age 4.5 years) has had these lesions in her mouth for about a year now. I took her to the vet in January and had a swab/culture ran on a sample of it, but the results came back inconclusive. The vet gave me a run of fluconazole, since I suspected it was...
Hello! I have a pullet with what looks like canker sores/wet pox just inside her mouth on both sides. I searched some threads earlier and I read that removing the gunk carefully with tweezers can help until she gets better, but that applying iodine to the sores helps them heal faster. I just...
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I wanted people to know what I have found that seems to be working for my chickens that have wet pox.
I met a woman that rescues birds and sees a lot of canker. She uses Emtryl to cure it. It's online only or you can find Medizole at some feed stores. It's for pigeon canker. She was taking...
Ok so I posted a few days ago, that my girls are being given denagard for over a week. They had foamy eye, raspy breathing and 2 passed away (beaks open like they had trouble breathing - labored). I thought it was mycoplasma. (If any pass, I plan on doing a necropsy)
One of my girls now has...
I have a few birds with one or the other of these problems. They have bubbling eyes and yellow lesions in the eyes, mouth and throat. There are no dry pox present. There is also no bloody phlegm.
I have already vaccinated the healthy birds for pox yesterday because it seemed like the more...
Hi this is my first time having chickens. I thought i was doing everything right until this happen!! :he I am almost positive its Fowl Pox from what I've read on BYC threads. I have a flock of eight, all of them have it!! I have 2 in quarantine since I think they may have the wet strain of it...
Avian Pox
(text courtesy of Mississippi State University, photos by BYC)
Avian pox is a relatively slow-spreading viral disease in birds, characterized by wart-like nodules on the skin and diphtheritic necrotic membranes lining the mouth and upper respiratory system. It has been present in...