Please Help is this Fowl Pox !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[turkeybreeder]

my turkeys were fighting and then the next day these things around there eyes
show up, is it fowl pox or an injury from the turkeys fighting
i was raising them for thanksgiving, we put iodine on them but it does not seam to help
what could i give them, if it would to clear will it still be safe to eat them
would my chickens also be at risk, do they have be cull
please let me know thank you

 

[PunkinPeep]

Fowl pox in fowl is kind of like chicken pox in people - in that it runs its course and then it is gone. However, it can cause stunted growth, and i have read that it tends to hit turkeys harder than it does chickens.

I cannot really see your turkeys' faces well in the picture, so i hesitate to say whether they have fowl pox. If they do, iodine on the lesions is to keep them from forming infection. It doesn't not make them go away. You also have to watch for "wet pox" which sometimes forms inside the mouth and is more often fatal than the dry pox which form on the face and comb.

I'm not an expert on this, but i thought i would share my two cents. I think a more close up picture might be helpful to get a more definitive answer.

 

[turkeybreeder]

thanks