Avian pox or respiratory illness

[richardfairlie]

Ok general update.
3 small ones seem fully recovered. 2 roosters seem fully recovered. The brown one in the picture above.

One broiler has some down with one eye closed and crusty with small black spots.

One black one in the picture above has gone downhill, both eyes closed mainly and always wanting a cuddle has big black spots on the coombs. And his brother still has one eye closed.

There are some in the flock showing signs of fowl pox.

So after a week of using herbs everyone has gone back on antibiotics.

Still adding garlic chilli and aloe to the feed.
I have a mix of dry and wet pox, some have been sick a month, but still no fatalities.

 

[richardfairlie]

Ok general update.
The original black one pictured above showed improvement, then declined. It's comb went quite pale. I checked it several times and this week found mites bathed it and it seemed to improve again, but unfortunately died yesterday.

One of the babies has also declined with 2 swollen eyes.

My white head has remained the same but one eye seems to be swollen but opened and a general improvement in the whole flock. I guess the mites just made it too weak although there was not many

So you have 2 who are still quite sick, but I think everyone else is recovering.

I have used antibiotics for those who are very sick on a week on week off basis combined with garlic, tumeric, black pepper, rosemary, fresh chilli, fresh oregano and moringa (horse radish tree) leaves. In wet food.with aloe vera. (I did run out of aloe after 3 weeks)

Not so sick but affected, layer feeds mixed with tumeric, black pepper, fresh chilli. Dry.