Rooster booster - how to dose? Possible fowl pox

[FLChickens]

Looks like something going on with her right nostril.

Btw went out and checked that right away. Saw nothing. Cleaned with warm moist cotton ball and nothing came off.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Hopefully this will work to show pics. Her left eye looks much worse than yesterday. Right eye maybe same or worse. It is fowl pox isn't it? Really looking like it to me now. I was only seeing a large round smooth wart-looking growth by the eyes yesterday, but then the camera really blows it up. Maybe I was missing seeing details yesterday.
Looks like something going on with her right nostril.
Btw went out and checked that right away. Saw nothing. Cleaned with warm moist cotton ball and nothing came off.

It does look like it could be Fowl Pox, did you look inside the beak for any lesions/plaques?
The nostril looks like it may be plugged up with mucous or possibly food. Try to get that cleared away. You may need to try to soften it with some saline on a qtip and then gently work it out with something like a toothpick. Having a helper would be in order when you do this - also wrap/swaddle her in a towel to minimize her movement.

For the eyes - apply Terramycin eye ointment - try not to disturb the scabs too much - if she has a discharge from the eye - flush it first with saline.

Keep us posted.

 

[FLChickens]

I thought I had updated in here.

She's doing pretty well considering, but it's been a bumpy ride. After keeping her separated for a couple of days, she went back with the others. They must have picked on her and her eyes got worse - I realized she didn't come for treats and found her huddled in the coop. I brought her in and she was completely blind I think, both eyes heavily covered in scabs.

Kept her alone this time. She wouldn't eat or drink and was pretty weak. I've been dipping her beak to get her to drink and feeding her from a syringe, which she hates, but yesterday she started opening her beak - sometimes - to take the food. I squirt in a bit and let her swallow it.

I've been feeding her mashed egg yolk with a little rooster booster vitamins added. I was using water to thin but switched to sweetened condensed milk. She's putting on a tiny bit of weight I think.

She sleeps quite a bit, but the last couple of days she's been getting up and walking around in circles. She preens her feathers and stays clean. She makes chirpy happy-chick sounds the whole time she's awake. She won't/can't eat or drink on her own yet. Today the scabs are gone from one eye, but the eye is still closed. I think she's on the mend and doing well enough. I hope she can see again soon.

My favorite chick, a bright little BO girl (I'm assuming I know the sexes and hope I'm right on all of them) also got a scabby eye the other day. She's very smart, and quick, and observant though, and the other eye is fine so far, no one picks on her, so for now just letting her be.

The hen who raised them was very lethargic the other day, and I was really worried about her. But she showed no outward signs of anything wrong. After a day or so she's active again, though not her normal mean-bossy self and using a different call when I give treats - I think her usual noise is a warning to the others. But I hope she will be ok.


I'm really at a loss. In a few months with a flock of 16 at most (12 now since we lost 4 chicks to coccidiosis or early fowl pox) ... I've dealt with leg mites, coccidiosis, fowl pox, and not entirely sure everyone's respiratory is completely healthy.

I've raised chickens before much larger flocks for years, and have dealt with accidents and predators, but almost never sickness, and never THESE sicknesses. It's almost discouraging. The coop and run are like Fort Knox - we wanted to prevent losses and problems such as we've had before. Now I feel like I've just traded in for a new set of problems.

But anyway, I hope we get over the current bump. I hope soon too. It's very hot, and I need to get back to work (I've missed most of a year due to serious medical issues of my own, but I'm finally able to work again. But I can't leave the chick in a closed garage all day with no one to make her drink. I can't bring her in the house because of the cat. So ... I hope she will be able to see again soon. But in the meantime, it IS very satisfying to hear all the happy little purring chirps every time I go out there. And I hope none of the others get this sick!

 

[JudysMuscovy]

I thought I had updated in here.

She's doing pretty well considering, but it's been a bumpy ride. After keeping her separated for a couple of days, she went back with the others. They must have picked on her and her eyes got worse - I realized she didn't come for treats and found her huddled in the coop. I brought her in and she was completely blind I think, both eyes heavily covered in scabs.

Kept her alone this time. She wouldn't eat or drink and was pretty weak. I've been dipping her beak to get her to drink and feeding her from a syringe, which she hates, but yesterday she started opening her beak - sometimes - to take the food. I squirt in a bit and let her swallow it.

I've been feeding her mashed egg yolk with a little rooster booster vitamins added. I was using water to thin but switched to sweetened condensed milk. She's putting on a tiny bit of weight I think.

She sleeps quite a bit, but the last couple of days she's been getting up and walking around in circles. She preens her feathers and stays clean. She makes chirpy happy-chick sounds the whole time she's awake. She won't/can't eat or drink on her own yet. Today the scabs are gone from one eye, but the eye is still closed. I think she's on the mend and doing well enough. I hope she can see again soon.

My favorite chick, a bright little BO girl (I'm assuming I know the sexes and hope I'm right on all of them) also got a scabby eye the other day. She's very smart, and quick, and observant though, and the other eye is fine so far, no one picks on her, so for now just letting her be.

The hen who raised them was very lethargic the other day, and I was really worried about her. But she showed no outward signs of anything wrong. After a day or so she's active again, though not her normal mean-bossy self and using a different call when I give treats - I think her usual noise is a warning to the others. But I hope she will be ok.


I'm really at a loss. In a few months with a flock of 16 at most (12 now since we lost 4 chicks to coccidiosis or early fowl pox) ... I've dealt with leg mites, coccidiosis, fowl pox, and not entirely sure everyone's respiratory is completely healthy.

I've raised chickens before much larger flocks for years, and have dealt with accidents and predators, but almost never sickness, and never THESE sicknesses. It's almost discouraging. The coop and run are like Fort Knox - we wanted to prevent losses and problems such as we've had before. Now I feel like I've just traded in for a new set of problems.

But anyway, I hope we get over the current bump. I hope soon too. It's very hot, and I need to get back to work (I've missed most of a year due to serious medical issues of my own, but I'm finally able to work again. But I can't leave the chick in a closed garage all day with no one to make her drink. I can't bring her in the house because of the cat. So ... I hope she will be able to see again soon. But in the meantime, it IS very satisfying to hear all the happy little purring chirps every time I go out there. And I hope none of the others get this sick!

That is so good to hear they are doing better.
My three have pulled through it also. The one hen that had both eyes with lesions is so much better. I used aloe plant on her and kept her in a small cage in my garage because she wasn't eating and drinking and could not see to find the food. I babied her back to health in a week. The other two were separated in a different pen and we're eating ok. They are all back in with the flock and doing well.

 

[FLChickens]

That is so good to hear they are doing better.
My three have pulled through it also. The one hen that had both eyes with lesions is so much better. I used aloe plant on her and kept her in a small cage in my garage because she wasn't eating and drinking and could not see to find the food. I babied her back to health in a week. The other two were separated in a different pen and we're eating ok. They are all back in with the flock and doing well.

Thanks for the reply. Maybe mine will get her sight back soon then. The other eyes is looking weepy tonight, which concerns me, but then it's all looked gross. She's doing very well as far as getting strong, being happy, eating what I put in her beak, and so on. I have every hope she will live. I just very much want her to SEE since I haven't seen any effort on her part to take care of herself and I don't know if I can forever be responsible for every sip of water and bit of food she takes. I need to go back to work lol.

 

[FLChickens]

She needs a good name after this.

 

[JudysMuscovy]

She needs a good name after this.

It took a good week of me dipping her beak in yogurt with baby vitamins added and she finally started eating on her own. I know she could not see to find it I would just tap on her bowl and she would eat. She's now my best friend. Lol ! My husband thought I was crazy spending all this time on her because I would keep her in the garage so I could tend to her in the morning and when I got home, I would put her cage outside for a few hours a day for sun and fresh air. All my help was. Well worth it.

 

[JudysMuscovy]

It took a good week of me dipping her beak in yogurt with baby vitamins added and she finally started eating on her own. I know she could not see to find it I would just tap on her bowl and she would eat. She's now my best friend. Lol ! My husband thought I was crazy spending all this time on her because I would keep her in the garage so I could tend to her in the morning and when I got home, I would put her cage outside for a few hours a day for sun and fresh air. All my help was. Well worth it.

Oh yes she needs a name for sure. I am still trying to come up with one for the girls, the rooster I named Jack! For one eye Jack lol

 

[FLChickens]

I think I'm on day 10 of syringe feeding her. I wonder if she'd eat if I dipped her beak? We're getting pretty efficient doing it this way though, but I know she's not happy about being held with my fingers on her beak to do it. She will often open now, but not quite wide enough. She immediately chitters and purrs when I set her down though, and she's not afraid of being picked up.

Im just hoping she can find food wand water soon. I'm a little worried about her going to flock-raiser pellet after being fed milk and egg yolk. I had to throw the chick crumbles away (well used them to grow more soldier-flies).

I think I'll add yogurt to her mixture though. That sounds like a good idea. I eat a plain Greek yogurt that should be good for her.

 

[JudysMuscovy]

I think I'm on day 10 of syringe feeding her. I wonder if she'd eat if I dipped her beak? We're getting pretty efficient doing it this way though, but I know she's not happy about being held with my fingers on her beak to do it. She will often open now, but not quite wide enough. She immediately chitters and purrs when I set her down though, and she's not afraid of being picked up.

Im just hoping she can find food wand water soon. I'm a little worried about her going to flock-raiser pellet after being fed milk and egg yolk. I had to throw the chick crumbles away (well used them to grow more soldier-flies).

I think I'll add yogurt to her mixture though. That sounds like a good idea. I eat a plain Greek yogurt that should be good for her.

Yes plain Greek yogurt is what I gave her and just had to dip her beak in a couple days then she decided to eat on her own . She got very use to me picking her up and tending to her eyes and she finally decided to eat on her own! She is doing great now and back in with the flock