Swollen chick eyes and beak abscess?

[The_Silkie_Farm]

A friend of mine that is a backyard chickener’ sent me these pictures of some of her ISA brown chicks with swollen eyes and beaks. Looks like some kind of abscess is forming on some of the chick's eyes/beaks and/or both. Does anybody know what this is ???? I definitely think she needs to separate them from any that don’t have these symptoms or should she just keep them all together at this point? She said they are all ISA brown chicks about 2 weeks old and 3 are random feathered feet birds that are a month or so old she doesn’t know what those are exactly… my friend doesn't do BYC or any technologies for that matter lol, so please allow us to help her. Thank you all!!!!

 

[DobieLover]

That looks like fowl pox. A virus. It is spread by mosquitoes. It will take several weeks to run it's course. In the mean time, she can very carefully dab iodine on the lesions to help dry them up. Don't rub at them and obviously, use great care not to get iodine in their eyes or nares (nostrils).
I would also add poultry vitamins to their water for extra nutritional support to help them get over it.

 

[TropicalBabies]

☝X2!

 

[The_Silkie_Farm]

That looks like fowl pox. A virus. It is spread by mosquitoes. It will take several weeks to run it's course. In the mean time, she can very carefully dab iodine on the lesions to help dry them up. Don't rub at them and obviously, use great care not to get iodine in their eyes or nares (nostrils).
I would also add poultry vitamins to their water for extra nutritional support to help them get over it.

Wow! Interesting, Thank you! So there’s no treatment other than aiding with iodine, but it will clear itself up?

 

[The_Silkie_Farm]

That looks like fowl pox. A virus. It is spread by mosquitoes. It will take several weeks to run it's course. In the mean time, she can very carefully dab iodine on the lesions to help dry them up. Don't rub at them and obviously, use great care not to get iodine in their eyes or nares (nostrils).
I would also add poultry vitamins to their water for extra nutritional support to help them get over it.

Lastly, so there's no sense in separating them?

 

[Eggcessive]

The one with the swelling around the eyes should be watched to make sure that she gets enough food and water. Fowl pox is more serious in chicks because of the swelling around nostrils and eyes. Here is a good article about pox:
https://the-chicken-chick.com/fowl-pox-prevention-treatmen/

 

[TropicalBabies]

I don't. I let mine ride it out with my support. Keep them stress free, good clean diet (no snacks), vitamin support and tlc. Soften feed if they get around mouth. It can be brutal but once they get, they won't get again.
I do spray Ecovet horse fly repellent around my coops and roosts 30 minutes b4 dusk when it gets mosquito thick or I use a fan to blow the away for chicken comfort.
Chickens won't like being directly sprayed and it is hard on their respiratory so if you spray late be careful and limit to legs on roosts and do it lightly.
Chicks I spray far away and do my best to keep them stress free and healthy.
Best of luck ♡

 

[DobieLover]

Lastly, so there's no sense in separating them?

Not at this point.

 

[Saaniya]

A friend of mine that is a backyard chickener’ sent me these pictures of some of her ISA brown chicks with swollen eyes and beaks. Looks like some kind of abscess is forming on some of the chick's eyes/beaks and/or both. Does anybody know what this is ???? I definitely think she needs to separate them from any that don’t have these symptoms or should she just keep them all together at this point? She said they are all ISA brown chicks about 2 weeks old and 3 are random feathered feet birds that are a month or so old she doesn’t know what those are exactly… my friend doesn't do BYC or any technologies for that matter lol, so please allow us to help her. Thank you all!!!! View attachment 3290540View attachment 3290541

Oh my God looks like your all chicks encounter with Fowl Pox leave them don't scratch it will fall on its own in few weeks
Control mortality by adding antibiotics like Neomycin and doxycycline in water for few days and give good diet

 

[Eggcessive]

I don’t recommend antibiotics for fowl pox which is a virus (that does not respond to antibiotics,) unless they get a secondary bacterial infection in an eye. Pox virus will run it’s course over a month or so. If yellow lesions appear inside the beak or throat, that is a sign of wet fowl pox.