FLChickens
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- Jul 4, 2017
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Can both forms infect the flock at the same time? Is it just a different presentation of the same virus, or different viruses?
I've had about a half dozen of my flock break out in what looks like dry pox. Watching them, but other than some being listless for a day or two, they have all been fine in the run, and are all improving. It's been about 6-7 weeks since it started.
One has been different. Both eyes swelled shut and the others picked on her and she couldn't find food/water so I put her in a hospital cage 5-6 weeks ago. Most of that time I've been syringe feeding her, dipping her beak to drink. She improved painfully slowly - six days ago I was on the verge of putting her down because she developed an abscess draining pus on her shoulder and seemed for the first time to be distressed or maybe in pain. But suddenly she was scratching and pecking the floor, and progressed to eating on her own within two days. She spends much of the day outdoors in a small cage, enjoying sunshine and grass, pecks up food, and twitters happily. One eye is still horribly swollen, has been for 6 weeks. It's improving too, but VERY slowly.
Now she has a sore on part of her beak. I think her beak will always be misshapen if she pulls through. It's missing a bit on top.
Poor poor thing. She really does seem to be improving, eats well, is gaining a little. But the infection just keeps coming out of her.
I'm going to try to post some pics of her below.
I couldn't find the antibiotic I've read about here, but I've been using a human type topical cream without pain reliever. But not right on the eye. I don't feel I can give up after trying so hard, and while she's happy, eating, and gaining, but these infections seem out of control. I don't know if I'm dealing with wet pox or what. She's had no breathing difficulties, btw. Thanks!!!
I've had about a half dozen of my flock break out in what looks like dry pox. Watching them, but other than some being listless for a day or two, they have all been fine in the run, and are all improving. It's been about 6-7 weeks since it started.
One has been different. Both eyes swelled shut and the others picked on her and she couldn't find food/water so I put her in a hospital cage 5-6 weeks ago. Most of that time I've been syringe feeding her, dipping her beak to drink. She improved painfully slowly - six days ago I was on the verge of putting her down because she developed an abscess draining pus on her shoulder and seemed for the first time to be distressed or maybe in pain. But suddenly she was scratching and pecking the floor, and progressed to eating on her own within two days. She spends much of the day outdoors in a small cage, enjoying sunshine and grass, pecks up food, and twitters happily. One eye is still horribly swollen, has been for 6 weeks. It's improving too, but VERY slowly.
Now she has a sore on part of her beak. I think her beak will always be misshapen if she pulls through. It's missing a bit on top.
Poor poor thing. She really does seem to be improving, eats well, is gaining a little. But the infection just keeps coming out of her.
I'm going to try to post some pics of her below.
I couldn't find the antibiotic I've read about here, but I've been using a human type topical cream without pain reliever. But not right on the eye. I don't feel I can give up after trying so hard, and while she's happy, eating, and gaining, but these infections seem out of control. I don't know if I'm dealing with wet pox or what. She's had no breathing difficulties, btw. Thanks!!!
It had formed a large pus crater, but now that is smaller and dry. I worry it may be blocking drainage. 
