Update and question------------Well most of the flock are doing well and back to normal. All but two had dry pox only and I just let it run it"s course. However, the roo and one silkie hen have / had wet pox. I have searched and read everything that I could find on the subject, but nothing sounds like what I am going through. The hen had cheesy growths in her mouth and once removed with an iodine soaked Q-tip she started eating and is fine. She still had some of this hard cheesy substance on her tongue but yesterday I was able to remove those also. They just came off in a sheet.
The roo is another story. I gave Tylan orally for for days for the respiratory infection that developed, wiped and cleaned his face with Vet Rx solution several times a day and that has cleared, but we still have problems. He has one eye that was runny with small nodules on the edge of his eyelids.It is pretty well cleared up , but I am still applying an antibiotic ointment The eye still seems to bother him and he seems to be blind in that eye. The other eye is a nightmare!!! It is filled with a hard cheesy substance. The whole side of his face is swollen. I have cleaned it as best I can . I have removed probably a teaspoon of this stuff. The eye is swollen partway open. Once I get the top layer somewhat removed the underneath stuff is a little softer, more like scrambled egg. I never can remove it all and by next day is full of it again.He also has some of this visible in the cleft of the upper pallet. He has started eating and drinks a fair amount of water.( he did not eat for a week ! He was drinking a ton of water so I put "Save-a-Chick in his water.)
Has anyone ever dealt with THIS ? If so is there anything else I could or should be doing?
Thanks, Ruth
