Avian Pox Shuts Eye

[Sheckleman]

All 6 of my hens contracted avian pox last week. My littlest girl has had on eye shut that I thought I helped by washing it out with water but today I noticed that it looks permanently closed and her other eye is foamy in the corner. What can I do to save her eyes?

 

[Eggcessive]

Can you post some pictures of the eyes and the chickens with fowl pox scabs? When an eye becomes foamy it can be a sign of a secondary infection. I would use an eye wash such as Bausch and Lomb Eye Relief or saline, and flush the eye twice daily. Then after drying it with a tissue, apply Terramycin eye ointment from your feed store twice a day. If that is not available, use Neosporin ointment or a feed store eye gel, such as Vetericyn or similar. Here is Terramycin:
https://www.amazon.com/Zoetis-Terramycin-Ophthalmic-Ointment-8-Ounce/dp/B00063KGUK

 

[Sheckleman]

Here's my Ginger. The open eye was the one that oozing this morning but it seems to have stopped. I put some toothpaste on the pox that's why they are white.

 

[Eggcessive]

There is no cure for fowl pox virus, and it will run its course over several weeks to a month. Some use Betadine to help dry out the scabs, but I would not handle the scabs too much since that can spread the pox virus. Here is an article with more information:
http://extension.msstate.edu/public...cks#:~:text=Fowl pox is a slow,pox) (Figure 2).