Dry fowl pox -- ACV in water?

[Chubbicthe2nd]

I think my chickens might have dry fowl pox -- they had little black scabs on their Combs which I thought was pecking injuries, but one of them has an eye that's watery and a bit oozy.

Our budget is a bit low right now, I have human triple antibiotic, betadine (an iodine solution I bought to dilute with water and do a nasal flush for when I had covid), and apple cider vinegar (ACV).

I read I should put iodine or Ozine in there drinking water. Could I use the betadine as iodine? I know there's iodine in it. I also don't have any Ozine, I was wondering if it was a form of bleach? Is there any harm to putting a bit of ACV (apple cider vinegar) in their water instead?

I saw terramycin is recommended for eyes, but I was thinking of just putting the area around it with triple antibiotic (I know from experience with myself, that if I put triple antibiotic on my eyelid and cheek, the antibiotic properties seem to get transmitted to the eye itself. I assume that the antibiotics get in the blood in that area.) It's cheaper than shelling out more money for the correct antibiotic that you can put inside the eye itself.

I'm not surprised they caught it, unfortunately. There is a ton of mosquitoes near their Coop this year, coming over from the drainage ditch next to our neighbors. Also our neighbors have chickens too so I am sure there are plenty of mosquitoes biting them and us.


Last question -- in your experience, have people caught fowl pox? Should I be worried about my kids?

 

[Squawkers]

I wouldn’t bother with anything. Dry fowl pox isn’t serious. Unless you have vulnerable chickens (really old or young) they should be fine. I don’t ever treat mine when they have fowl pox, other than maybe a vitamin supplement and just making sure they aren’t stressed about anything else. People can’t get fowl pox.

 

[Eggcessive]

ACV is not necessary, and probably won’t help. As long as they continue to eat and drink normally, they should be fine. The ointment would be good for the eye. Fowl pox virus usually lasts about 4 weeks unless they develop secondary infection or wet pox. Most chickens recover and are later immune to it. Young chickens may become more sick. Can you post any pictures of the scabs you are seeing?

 

[nuthatched]

People can't catch fowl pox.
Dab some iodine on it and they'll be fine. Nothing else will do much as it's a virus.