First time dealing with Fowl Pox, help please!

[HarleyBarley]

Hello All!

We discovered that one of our girls has fowl pox yesterday. She was hiding, fluffed up and just general scared. I went to buy a cone to cull her but the guy at Tractor Supply said not to, that the pox weren't typically fatal and that I can help her. So I have VetRX, Electrolyte and Probiotic powder. She's isolated in my garage with some good food and water, a fan and my husband and I are constantly in the garage so she's got company.

For the coop, we emptied it. The whole coop was sprayed down with bleach water and the feeders and watered took a good bleach water soak as well.

I know isolation only helps slow the spread as the girls have already been exposed to it.

What tips and tricks can you offer a first timer?

 

[Eggcessive]

Do you have pictures of the chicken? There is no treatment for pox, only time, to let it run it’s course over 3 weeks to recover. There are 2 types of pox, dry which causes scabs on the skin, and wet, which causes yellow lesions inside the beak and throat. If younsee scabs near eyes, I would use Terramycin eye ointment or plain Neosporin to help prevent an eye infection. Pox is spread by mosquitoes, and you may see others with pox scabs. There is a vaccine for pox, available online for those not exposed. Here is a link to read:
http://extension.msstate.edu/publications/fowl-pox-backyard-flocks

 

[HarleyBarley]

I'm sorry! I meant to attach pictures. Its definitely the dry pox, and definitely mosquitoes as we are in Texas.