Here are a couple more articles about fowl pox and vaccination to read, since you live in such a common climate for the disease:
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/vm021
https://www.hyline.com/aspx/redbook/redbook.aspx?s=5&p=35
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/vm021
https://www.hyline.com/aspx/redbook/redbook.aspx?s=5&p=35