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You do not have to take any measure to help. It is fine just to let it run its course. Applying ointment to the pox can help it heal faster, or giving ACV or electrolytes can help boost the birds.
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Thanks for all the help everyone! I guess what I’m asking is this, if I leave it untreated and just keep an eye on the chickens to make sure it isn’t causing them to not eat or get weak, is that OK? Or do I need to actively take some sort of measure to help.
So I just noticed tonight, that one of my pullets has the fowl pox around it’s eyes and the eyes are nearly swollen shut. It’s an Easter Egger so she has a pretty thick beard of feathers around her eyes already. Any advice on a remedy for this?
What kind of ointment do you recommend?Could you post some pictures of the area?
Sadly, other than what's been suggested in this thread, there isn't much else you can do. The scabs are highly contagious so avoid touching them too much, but if it's around her eyes, I would apply an antibacterial ointment rather than the Iodine, as the Iodine can irritate the eyes.
What kind of ointment do you recommend?
Okay great, thank you. I’ll post some pictures. Ideally, if I do the other things you mentions, and if I apply this ointment and let the pox run it’s course, she should be okay? I just have never dealt with this and want to know how aggressive I need to handle it. I like the chicken specifically, a lot, and I hope I don’t lose her!Neosporin, Preparation H, or Silver sulfadiazine cream will suffice.
Okay great, thank you. I’ll post some pictures. Ideally, if I do the other things you mentions, and if I apply this ointment and let the pox run it’s course, she should be okay? I just have never dealt with this and want to know how aggressive I need to handle it. I like the chicken specifically, a lot, and I hope I don’t lose her!
Here are some pictures. The right eye was able to open fully, but the other (in the second picture) is totally shut. I applied the ointment. I checked inside her mouth, and there is no wet form of the pox, so that’s good. I know it’s hard to tell from the pictures, she was trying to sleep.Generally, the mortality rate of birds affected with the dry form of fowl pox is low only around, one to five percent % according to this source. The wet form, which affects the inside of their mouth, is more severe.
http://extension.msstate.edu/publications/fowl-pox-backyard-flocks
Here are some pictures. The right eye was able to open fully, but the other (in the first picture) is totally shut. I applied the ointment. I checked inside her mouth, and there is no wet form of the pox, so that’s good.
Thank you so much for all the help. She is about 4-5 months old, not laying yet.