Rooster Update: Suspect Avian Pox

[avalon23]

We are still hopeful, he ate pretty good yesterday. But he still looks aweful.....

 

[ScoobyRoo]

avalon23,
I have never seen anything like that but then again I have only had my birds since April of 2008. And I hope I never do. I do hope that he gets better. What are you currently doing for him? How is the rest of the flock doing so far? I'm keeping my fingers

for you.

 

[avalon23]

UPDATE: My poor roo died last night. RIP my kind-hearted Mangino. We will always remember you.

 

[hippichick]

So sorry you lost him.

That really doesn't look like fowlpox to me, but I could be wrong. I'm dealing with it right now, and I don't see any of the black lesions on him that I see on my chickens. I dealt with fowlpox last year in wet and dry form. Those who had dry pox had black wart looking lesions on comb, wattles, and some around the eyes. I had one little hen who had wet pox. She had cheesy looking gunk in her mouth. We had to feed and water her with a syringe, but she survived. She's the little Cochin Frizzle in my avatar. So, they can survive wet pox. Maybe someone with more knowledge will chime in.

 

[ScoobyRoo]

avalon.
Sorry he didn't make it. I know you did all you could for him. I'll just pray that the rest of your flock won't get it.