New Peacocks but chickens are now dying :(

[casportpony]

I would get a baggy and collect some fresh poo and get it over to the vet for a fecal exam. If the bird hasn't been dead too long put it in the fridge until you can get it to the vet for a necropsy.

X2, get it and/or some poop to a lab. It looks like it could be pox, but if it is, it look like a very mild case, which shouldn't kill them. FYI, the hen I posted about lived. If I were you I'd look for other diseases that can look like pox. I don't know much about diseases that I haven't had to deal with, so I'll ask some friends of mine to comment here and maybe they'll have some ideas.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Fowl Pox Differential diagnosis
Symptoms of the cutaneous form are easy to recognise, for the diphteric form, differential diagnosis may include:

• Vitamin A deficiency
• Respiratory diseases (Infectious Laryngotracheitis)

http://www.spc.int/lrd/ext/disease_manual_final/b307__fowl_pox.html

 

[casportpony]

http://partnersah.vet.cornell.edu/avian-atlas/node/597

Differential Diagnosis

For the cutaneous form, bacterial dermatitis should be ruled out. Cutaneous lesions, caused by pantothenic acid or biotin deficiency in young chicks, or by T-2 toxin could be mistaken for pox lesions.
For the diptheritic form, when respiratory signs are present, rule outs must include diseases such as avian influenza and infectious bronchitis. The diphtheritic lesions may resemble signs of infectious laryngotracheitis. Histologic examination of poxvirus lesions will reveal epithelial hyperplasia with intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies; whereas, laryngotracheitis, caused by a herpesvirus, produces intranuclear inclusions. In doves and pigeons, diphtheritic pox lesions may be mistaken for lesions caused by Trichomonas gallinae, which is diagnosed by microscopic examination of smears or by culture.

 

[casportpony]

Okay, a quick search to me says that it's possible that your peafowl could have infected your chickens with Infectious Laryngotracheitis.

"After recovery, birds remain carriers for life and become a source of infection for susceptible birds. The latent virus can be reactivated under stressful conditions. Infection also may be spread mechanically. Several epidemics have been traced to the transport of birds in contaminated crates, and the practice of litter spread in pastures is believed to be related to epidemics of the disease."

http://www.merckmanuals.com/vet/pou..._infectious_laryngotracheitis_in_poultry.html

Disclaimer: I have no idea what I'm talking about, it's just what I found by searching "differential diagnosis fowl pox". Hoping that my friends from the emergency thread will comment.

-Kathy

 

[City farm]

Oh Kay, I guess we will have to catch up on this..ugh, :
We have a few neighbors that want to see peacocks
We just started a new thread on spent grains, what do you think???
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/907333/brewing-beer-101-mastering-it

 

[Eggcessive]

Bloody mucus from the nose and beak are usually signs of ILT, as Casportpony said earlier. The incubation time is 5-10 days from exposure. The chickens will tend to sling it around on the coop walls, and they will usually gasp and having gaping respirations in the serious form. Did you notice any blood spatter in the coop, head shaking, or gaping? Your chicken has something going on in the corner of her mouth that looks a little like wet fowl pox or canker. Another disease that can cause lesions in the mouth is trichothecens mycotoxin poisoning from a certain type of mold--see picture below. Here is a link on ILT:
http://birdhealth.com.au/flockbirds/poultry/diseases/ilt.html

trichothecens mycotoxin poisoning

 

[dawg53]

Blood coming out of nostrils: I agree with Casportpony and Eggcessive, possibly ILT. A dead bird needs to be sent off for necropsy for confirmation, if that's what it is.

 

[zazouse]

Bloody mucus from the nose and beak are usually signs of ILT, as Casportpony said earlier. The incubation time is 5-10 days from exposure. The chickens will tend to sling it around on the coop walls, and they will usually gasp and having gaping respirations in the serious form. Did you notice any blood spatter in the coop, head shaking, or gaping? Your chicken has something going on in the corner of her mouth that looks a little like wet fowl pox or canker. Another disease that can cause lesions in the mouth is trichothecens mycotoxin poisoning from a certain type of mold--see picture below. Here is a link on ILT:
http://birdhealth.com.au/flockbirds/poultry/diseases/ilt.html

trichothecens mycotoxin poisoning

WOW i never heard of this, poor bird

 

[seminolewind]

I wonder if they picked up some bacterial necrotic enteritis. Some have no symptoms, just death. Some hemorrhage because the bacteria ate thru the intestine. I had 3 drop dead over night and when I picked up the bodies, blood came running out.

It's worth looking in to. They can get enteritis from protozoa, or bacteria.

 

[seminolewind]

Bloody mucus from the nose and beak are usually signs of ILT, as Casportpony said earlier. The incubation time is 5-10 days from exposure. The chickens will tend to sling it around on the coop walls, and they will usually gasp and having gaping respirations in the serious form. Did you notice any blood spatter in the coop, head shaking, or gaping? Your chicken has something going on in the corner of her mouth that looks a little like wet fowl pox or canker. Another disease that can cause lesions in the mouth is trichothecens mycotoxin poisoning from a certain type of mold--see picture below. Here is a link on ILT:
http://birdhealth.com.au/flockbirds/poultry/diseases/ilt.html

trichothecens mycotoxin poisoning

So those peacocks could have carried it in?