Advice on treating this chicks eye

[Nksg75]

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Poor things!
If you are going to give the enro, then you may want to separate out the worst ones and just treat them, it's a strong antibiotic and I wouldn't give it to any chicks that do not need it.
You may find that they don't drink well and will need to syringe or tube the medicated water into them. You can also sweeten the medicated water just a little with Karo Syrup to see if makes it more palatable.

 

[Nksg75]

Poor things!
If you are going to give the enro, then you may want to separate out the worst ones and just treat them, it's a strong antibiotic and I wouldn't give it to any chicks that do not need it.
You may find that they don't drink well and will need to syringe or tube the medicated water into them. You can also sweeten the medicated water just a little with Karo Syrup to see if makes it more palatable.

Yes, that’s exactly what I did. I just crushed the pill 10mg and mixed with a little water then gave the meds through a syringe to the worst of them.

 

[Nksg75]

As of last night i have not noticed any improvemt in the few chicks that were struggling to breathe. After treating with enro 2x daily, about how long till I see any improvement?
since they are struggling to breath they obviously are not eating much if any at all.
I am very, very hesitant to try and tube feed them, mainly because of their size, and I don’t have a tube that small. (I have tube fed birds before, but never a small chick) Meanwhile they are getting very thin.
I did mix some warm water and the kaytee exact bird formula into a very watery slurry and try to drip some into their mouths to give them some nutrients.
any suggestions on getting food into them so they can fight this?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Wet feed is a good idea.
If they are having trouble breathing, I agree, that tube feeding would be difficult.

Still no lesions or signs of yellow pasty material inside the beaks?

 

[Nksg75]

Wet feed is a good idea.
If they are having trouble breathing, I agree, that tube feeding would be difficult.

Still no lesions or signs of yellow pasty material inside the beaks?

well today was the first time I saw the yellow lesions inside the mouth.
it was a very small amount on the inside of the beak on the chick that was in the video(polish chick), I got it out, but unfortunately later today she died. I have not seen anymore lesions inside the other chicks mouths. I currently have 3 more left that are having trouble breathing.
once they start that open mouth breathing, nothing I seem to do helps them. I am frustrated to say the least about this.
When I first started out with chickens the older girls had better immune system and were able to get over it a lot easier. It sure does take its toll on these poor chicks.

I have the fowl pox vaccine arriving tomorrow, and was planning on giving it to all the chickens that have not received it yet. I will obviously skip those that actively have it now, however there are enough that don’t show signs of anything, that should probably have it, since it is a slow spreading virus.
the older hens have had it (vaccine) before probably more than once, so I am skipping them.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I'm sorry to hear about the chick
Yes, it does seem that Fowl Pox is much harder on the littles.

Hopefully the others will be able to overcome it.

 

[Nksg75]

I'm sorry to hear about the chick
Yes, it does seem that Fowl Pox is much harder on the littles.

Hopefully the others will be able to overcome it.

Yes, thank you for all your help!
i was really shocked to learn that it was actually fowl pox! I thought for sure some other diesease. Just goes to show me that The swamps of South Texas has mosquitoes year round!

 

[Nksg75]

Ok, just a quick update. All chicks are slowly improving, and I only had about 4 chicks die from the wet pox. (3 polish, and 1 EE)
the rest are slowly improving, so that good!
one chick in particular has Baffled me! It was the first chick to show signs of dry pox and the eye issue. Well now the area around the eye seems healed, however something quite odd has taken place. The opening for the eye has disappeared for the most part. It’s really something that confuses me, and makes me doubt myself. I feel like I am going crazy. I know this chick had a normal size opening for her eye, yet today I went to treat the eyes of some of the more severe chicks and noticed that I had not treated her eye in a few days. So I pick her up and turn her to her side and can’t seem to figure out what the hell happened to her eye opening. It was normal size a few days ago, and today it is so small I can barely get eye drops in. Meaning the opening for her to see is so small, she will never be able to see from that side again.
i forgot to take pictures tonight, but will first thing in the AM

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Ok, just a quick update. All chicks are slowly improving, and I only had about 4 chicks die from the wet pox. (3 polish, and 1 EE)
the rest are slowly improving, so that good!
one chick in particular has Baffled me! It was the first chick to show signs of dry pox and the eye issue. Well now the area around the eye seems healed, however something quite odd has taken place. The opening for the eye has disappeared for the most part. It’s really something that confuses me, and makes me doubt myself. I feel like I am going crazy. I know this chick had a normal size opening for her eye, yet today I went to treat the eyes of some of the more severe chicks and noticed that I had not treated her eye in a few days. So I pick her up and turn her to her side and can’t seem to figure out what the hell happened to her eye opening. It was normal size a few days ago, and today it is so small I can barely get eye drops in. Meaning the opening for her to see is so small, she will never be able to see from that side again.
i forgot to take pictures tonight, but will first thing in the AM

I'm glad to hear they are starting to improve.

Yes, please do post photos so we can see what you're talking about.