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Hi there. I have encounter the pox once with my flock when I accepted to rehome a rooster and alls I can say, prevention is the best course to take right now before it spreads to the rest of your flock. One bird had infected half of my flock, was 20 at the time. There are vaccines for it and they are really easy to use and are inexpensive. I got mine from our chicken vet, but I am certain you should be able to get some at your local feed store. If some of your chickens are not showing the signs, you will also need to vaccinate all of them right away to prevent it from spreading. Another thing you can do to help them fight the virus is to add antibiotics and vitamins to the water to keep them in good health to fight off the virus. Lice, mites and mosquitoes help spread the virus, keep standing water to a minimum during the treatment phase and check all your chickens for possible infestation. Aside from breeding and raising chickens, I run a rooster rescue, where people can bring their unwanted roosters. As a preventive measure, I always vaccinate them against the pox since I have no idea where these birds have come from or what kind of parasites they have been around, and I isolate them from the rest of the flock for 9 days. Usually takes around 9 days for the pox to run its course.
To administer the vaccine, remove a couple of feathers from the wing web area and press the vaccine into the skin with a specially made "stabber." Check a few days later for a scabbed over bumps. This means the vaccine took. Hope this helps.
And by the way, I would in no way, definitely not eat the eggs, I was advised by my vet to discard the eggs during the 9 days.
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