Dry and wet fowl pox?

[FLChickens]

An update.

I'm very sorry, I've had a lot going on, and felt like I was not having much success.

I was never able to remove the plug myself, though I kept soaking and trying to work it out. Maybe I was too gentle. I don't know. But I did get white creamy looking stuff seeping around the plug. It got smaller day by day. Today it is gone. She's still a little rough looking, but the eyelid opens and closes and I can see eyeball and eyelid.

Now the complicating part. I had something ELSE break out in the flock. Clicking breathing, sneezing, making choking sounds, watery eyes, lots of nasal discharge. It was difficult because of the hurricane, but I found a bottle of Tylan 50. I started dosing orally (not much meat to inject into) .3 ml twice a day. The bigger chicks weigh about a pound and a half, and I think that dose is for 2 pounds. I dosed the one with the eye plug at the same time and almost the same amount, though she is smaller. They got 10 doses and I stopped.

They were much improved, but not 100%. The eye plug was smaller and scab-like, still draining a bit. The respiratory was down to an occasional sneeze and not much else. I don't have a way to weigh them accurately, but they are eating CONSTANTLY, drinking water, gaining muscle, enjoying being outside on nice days, taking dust baths, eating weeds and bugs. I keep feed down all the time, they are warm and protected from drafts in the garage.

I wanted to get back on here and make sure I should stop the Tylan since they were not 100% but I was concerned about their kidneys, overdosing, etc. Anyway, they are even better today. They've been off antibiotics 4 days btw.

I'm keeping the sick ones isolated from the rest of the flock. At least when they hopefully are safe to reintroduce, they will be going in together, so that's an advantage, really.

I'm not sure if I should be doing anything else, and I hope I did the right thing with the Tylan.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I know you're not completely out of the woods yet, but....

This sounds very encouraging - you have hung in there and done a great job taking care of her.

Tylan50 has a fairly wide dosage range, so you are fine with the .3ml at 2x a day. Sound like they have mostly recovered, some respiratory illnesses like Infectious Bronchitis can linger for a while - if they become lethargic, go off food, restart with thick mucous, then you may need to re-treat, but it sounds like they are doing pretty good!

I'm glad to hear the pus is gone from the eye, hopefully you wills start to see some improvements with her.

I'm also happy that you made it through the hurricane, I can't imagine what that must have been like. Thank you for the update, please do keep us posted.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

sounds like you did the right thing!
good luck!

 

[FLChickens]

Thank you so much!

We weren't in the severe area of the hurricane, not at all. We had some minor wind messiness to clean up (it strips old branches from palm trees, but that gives me coco plates for my planters!). But everyone stocks up on things like meds in advance, so everyone tends to be sold out, then the stores often close for a day or two. I had to call around after driving to several stores, and finally found one in another city with a bottle of Tylan and that was open.

They do seem so much better. It was a slow improvement at first, but they seem to continue improving. I'm wanting to wait until they are completely recovered before putting them back. One is starting to try to hop out when the cage tops are opened, so hopefully I can keep managing taking them in and out. And hopefully they will keep improving.

THANK YOU so much for the into on Tylan. Glad to know I dosed ok, and if I have to, will do it again, but as long as they are getting better I won't.

I think the one with the plug finally has no more pus coming out anywhere. Her back is healed. The eye and beak are much improved. I'm very thankful for that.

 

[campingshaws]

Follow up tylan with probiotics in the water, just like people. Secondary infections are common with fowl pox because the immune system is already suppressed. Great job!

 

[FLChickens]

Thanks I'll see what I can find. I fed a LOT of plain yogurt but that was earlier. I think they have probiotics for them at the feed store.