How does nail polish dry after pulling the scab off when it's bleeding? They bleed like a stuck pig. I've dealt with fowl pox.
Very true in some cases, like the one I pictured. I put a bit of pressure using a paper towel, and then apply the polish. It dries up immediately, and you have to apply it once a day.
The scabs themselves are very infective. With blood present, it's a great way for the virus to enter the bloodstream and it can and will infect internal organs as well as the esophagus, trachea
Very true as this happens when other chickens peck and wound the chicken even deeper below surface level, and if left as is, the virus will find it's way in and it will definitely cause secondary infections. To prevent this from happening I isolate any sick bird.
When the scabs fall off on their own and if eaten, a bird will get wet pox. Dry fowl pox clears up in about 6 weeks on their own and birds are immune to that particular strain thereafter.
This is also very, very true. You must dispose of all scabs when they are either picked off, or loose. If a case of dry fowl pox is superficial, like bumps on the comb and such, they will fall off on their own. But in some cases, the scab will get bigger and nastier to the point it will spread all over their faces and even inside their mouths, eyes and ears. Like the case I pictured. If left alone, the bird WILL die. I've had neighbors who stubbornly insist on leaving it alone and they end up burying the poor chicken. It's best to act soon.
Your rooster had a severe case of fowl pox. If you had applied iodine or even nothing at all, the disease wouldve healed up and disappeared on its own in less than 3 months. Picking off the scabs increased healing time
In my 2 decades of farm keeping (had 150 layers at one point), and my years studying pre-vet, I have never seen a severe case like this heal up on it's own. The coryza was taking over his eye, ear and mouth. He could barely stand, walk or eat. Fowl Pox will take over the bird's immune system if a severe case is left alone, cause secondary infections and it will eventually claim the host's life. I have seen how cases like these go when in the wrong hands....Meanwhile by picking off the scabs and applying all necessary medications, my bird started showing immediate response to treatment in less than one week. By less than one month he was running, jumping and crowing again. And by 3 months, such as you say, he already had new feathers over the area his scabs covered.
you're lucky he didnt get wet pox. (I'd check inside his mouth just to be sure.)
He did get canker. I put a glove on and removed the plaques, that was not a pretty sight
Trichomoniasis (canker), is a protozoa. Terramycin, an antibiotic ointment wont treat it, period.
You're right! I meant coryza for the eye and ear infection. Terramycin is my go to oftalmic ointment for when coryza is present. I'm sorry for that slip up, thank you for correcting me. I edited my post to fix that and a few things that might be misunderstood.
