Chick eyes completely shut by scabs!

[Trux]

So basically I put the warm compress and simply try to peel it off like a normal scab? Or it will fall because of the heat? Another thing is, the scab in his beak can be removed this way too?

yup just place the warm compress to the eyes and keep them there, and check periodically. when it softens try getting the eyes open

 

[Trux]

did you have any luck getting the eyes open?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

the scab in his beak can be removed this way too?

Does she have scabs/lesions inside the beak as well?

 

[juliomachado10]

Does she have scabs/lesions inside the beak as well?

Yes, caused by the fowl pox, it does not appear dangerous but all my flock has some either on their combs or near/in their beaks

 

[Fishkeeper]

STOP trying to peel the scabs off! You'll only make it worse. Put a warm, wet compress over the eye, and when the scabs start to soften a bit, rub very gently with the aim of opening the eye slightly. If you peel off a scab, all it does is make the healing process take longer, and potentially make a larger scab grow back. Let them work themselves out.
If you can't get the eyes open, then yes, feed him until the scabs fall off naturally.

 

[juliomachado10]

did you have any luck getting the eyes open?

Yes I did, I applied the warm compress and one eye got recovered and it seems to be doing good, the other one is still blocked so I'm still applying the compress every night, it seems some yellow-like liquid is dropping from the blocked eye but I suppose it is from the fowl pox. Sadly, I noticed it has an impacted crop too, thr chick does not seem very bad so I'll try a laxant and massaging to help it.

 

[juliomachado10]

STOP trying to peel the scabs off! You'll only make it worse. Put a warm, wet compress over the eye, and when the scabs start to soften a bit, rub very gently with the aim of opening the eye slightly. If you peel off a scab, all it does is make the healing process take longer, and potentially make a larger scab grow back. Let them work themselves out.
If you can't get the eyes open, then yes, feed him until the scabs fall off naturally.

Thanks for the advice, so far I have been using a warm compress and it seems to be working little by little. I just hope the fowl pox goes away sooner or later.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Yes, caused by the fowl pox, it does not appear dangerous but all my flock has some either on their combs or near/in their beaks

Yes I did, I applied the warm compress and one eye got recovered and it seems to be doing good, the other one is still blocked so I'm still applying the compress every night, it seems some yellow-like liquid is dropping from the blocked eye but I suppose it is from the fowl pox. Sadly, I noticed it has an impacted crop too, thr chick does not seem very bad so I'll try a laxant and massaging to help it.

Can you get a picture of the inside of her beak?

Is she able to eat/drink/swallow? Do what you can to keep her hydrated.
It sounds like she has Wet Form of Fowl Pox which can be more dangerous, but you are doing good.

 

[Eggcessive]

The main thing is to keep them drinking and eating, and I would offer each really affected chicken mushy chicken feed and water at least twice a day until they are fullnand stop eating. The more water they take in the better. Yogurt with cultures can be added in small amounts for probiotics. Hopefully your chickens can withstand the effects of the pox to get over the infection. Shed scabs remain infectious, and can continue to spread the virus.

 

[juliomachado10]

Can you get a picture of the inside of her beak?

Is she able to eat/drink/swallow? Do what you can to keep her hydrated.
It sounds like she has Wet Form of Fowl Pox which can be more dangerous, but you are doing good.

It think that is not wet pox because everybody seems to be eating and breathing well, What I mean is that like a half of my flock got pox on the surface of their beaks and you can see some sort of layer in the edges between the scabs and the beak, and I can see that is penetrating the beak, like if the scab has gone a bit deep on their beek from the exterior. (I tried taking a photo of the interior of his beaks but he is hard to hold and to open his beak to take a clear picture)