Help for a newbie!

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First, many thanks to everyone who was kind and helpful to me. Im a first time chicken mom and trying to set a good example for my girls. Unfortunately, Weezy passed away earlier today. I found a vet far away, she wasn't getting better and she was just languishing. My kids were upset and I was stressed out in general, and this situation was not helping. So off I went. It took all of 5 minutes for her to be diagnosed with Fowl Pox, the wet kind. I was astounded. It was all down her esophagus, roof of mouth (cheesy stuff). She had no lesions or signs anywhere on her outside. She would not have recovered no matter what I did for her. So now Im freaked out about the rest of my little flock. So tomorrow I check anyone sneezing, or acting funny. Then I clean out, disinfect, rake out, put sand and new bedding down in run and coop. Am I missing anything? I am exhausted, I just got home from work, 3am. Any advice is (as always) much appreciated. Thank you for such wonderful support. RIP Weezy.

 

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So sorry that you lost Wheezy. Did her beak have a bad odor? There are a number of things that can cause yellow gunk inside the beak and throat including fowl pox, canker, bacterial, and fungal infections. It is interesting that you have not seen any dry fowl pox in your flock. Hopefully, no one else gets sick, and all others remain healthy.

The vet said sometimes they get wet pox or dry pox. She had wet, all down her esophagus and on the roof of her mouth. Her tongue had become misshapen and necrotic. She said it wasn't uncommon to not see dry pox on the chicken. Im hoping she ate 'hot debris' and got wet pox and didn't pass it on. I checked my others, and didn't see anything, esp her friends and the larger one who would peck at her to keep her in line. I ordered some oxine and will disinfect each week for a month as recommended. I will keep watching, checking and keeping my fingers crossed