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[kingcocker]

I have one I am probably going to loose to fowl pox, its the worse I have ever seen; eyes are close shut and ears are swollen... My blacks are very susceptible to getting it bad for some reason. I have this one separated and it hasn't eaten in 3-4 days. I will try using the iodine and Listerine. I couldn't find any info on how to bring down the swelling, so I just tried to use Neosporin. didn't work.

A toothpaste high in peroxide helps a lot to dry it out so it can be removed.

 

[JShubin]

I have never had the pleasure of fowl pox but do have experience feeding blinded birds. Confine effected bird over some sort of wood chips. Provide feed that is moistened and smelly in a bowl. Intact grains they can detect by mouth feel helps. They do have at least some ability to smell but make so well ventilated so they can follow concentration gradient easier.

He is separated in bird cage with straw. I help him sip electrolyte water and he is always eager to drink which is good. I have been trying to feed him with similar method.. I put moistened medicated chick crumbles in my hand and put it up to his beak, but he doesn't seem very interested or cant figure out what to do with it. I dropped dry food in there and he starch around but just pecked the air. I forced a little food into his beak but he didn't really enjoy that.

Just crossing my fingers with this one, but I already accepted that he wont make it.

 

[flypen]

I have one I am probably going to loose to fowl pox, its the worse I have ever seen; eyes are close shut and ears are swollen... My blacks are very susceptible to getting it bad for some reason. I have this one separated and it hasn't eaten in 3-4 days. I will try using the iodine and Listerine. I couldn't find any info on how to bring down the swelling, so I just tried to use Neosporin. didn't work.

Yeah I haven't had this much dang mosquito problem until this year but we have had an enormous amount of rain and anything that'll hold a cup of water for a few days will hatch off thousands of them. I've seen in the past a bump here and there but never enough to worry about and normally it'll just dry up in a couple weeks, my hen isn't that bad I'll post a picture of her later.

 

[centrarchid]

He is separated in bird cage with straw. I help him sip electrolyte water and he is always eager to drink which is good. I have been trying to feed him with similar method.. I put moistened medicated chick crumbles in my hand and put it up to his beak, but he doesn't seem very interested or cant figure out what to do with it.  I dropped dry food in there and he starch around but just pecked the air.  I forced a little food into his beak but he didn't really enjoy that.

Just crossing my fingers with this one, but I already accepted that he wont make it.

Just leave bird alone with the feed. Minimize handling. Once bird figures out location of feed, it can use mouth feel and taste to guide what is done next. Keep changing out bedding.

 

[flypen]

Just leave bird alone with the feed. Minimize handling. Once bird figures out location of feed, it can use mouth feel and taste to guide what is done next. Keep changing out bedding.

What is the importance in changing the bedding? I'm just asking cuz I didn't know

 

[sdm111]

X2

there ain't enough hot sauce huh flypen! Ha

 

[flypen]

there ain't enough hot sauce huh flypen! Ha

Helllllll Noooo!

 

[whitneyfoust]

So happy 11 healthy spangled hatch x's

 

[flypen]

So happy 11 healthy spangled hatch x's

Awesome!

 

[centrarchid]

Close confinement over moistened bedding can cause complications with waste becoming embedded in feathers and sets stage for fly and maggot issues. Body feathers messed up can compromise thermoregulation on already stressed birds. I also have to play by rules regulating smell as my hospitalized birds held in air-conditioned home or lab. We have a nasty fruit fly looking critter that eats dead fish and crayfish and have no problem going after sick chickens.