Eggbound or just Fowl Pox?

[Sljanik]

Hi all, I have 4 chickens, all who currently have chicken pox. The girl I have isolated, who was being very badly bullied, has not laid an egg since Friday. She typically lays every day. There was no irritation around her vent, she seems a bit tired and isn't moving a whole bunch, but she is eating and drinking. I gave her a 20 minute soak in warm water with Epsom salt last night and put lubricant on her vent to be safe. I am a first time chicken owner and this is my first time worrying about egg bound. When should I worry? Is this normal for fowl pox? Should I continue the soaks or take her to the vet? Any help and advice is greatly appreciated!!

 

[Eggcessive]

Do you have a picture of the chicken or others with fowl pox? Peck scabs can sometimes be confused for fowl pox. Can you bring the bullied chicken close to the flock inside a dog crate with her own food and water? Keeping her separated will only make bringing her back attract more pecking and lower her in the pecking order. Are they picking on her because she is acting sick? Does she have any signs of wet fowl pox which causes yellow patches inside the beak and throat?

Fowl pox is a virus spread by mosquitoes. It lasts about a month and while most grown chickens recover from it without any treatment, some can have secondary infections. Those include wet pox or eye infections.

 

[Sljanik]

Do you have a picture of the chicken or others with fowl pox? Peck scabs can sometimes be confused for fowl pox. Can you bring the bullied chicken close to the flock inside a dog crate with her own food and water? Keeping her separated will only make bringing her back attract more pecking and lower her in the pecking order. Are they picking on her because she is acting sick? Does she have any signs of wet fowl pox which causes yellow patches inside the beak and throat?

Fowl pox is a virus spread by mosquitoes. It lasts about a month and while most grown chickens recover from it without any treatment, some can have secondary infections. Those include wet pox or eye infections.

Hi! You've helped me on previous posts too! Thank you for all of that! I don't believe any of them have wet pox as they are all still eating and drinking with ease, but I'll look in her mouth to make sure. My big concern currently is if she is egg bound or not because I know that can be life-threatening. I am about to go on my lunch break to see if she has laid and get her crate moved back outside.

 

[Eggcessive]

If egg bound is suspected, you can give her a human calcium citrate tablet with vitamin D or a tums broken in two pieces and fed to her.