Turkey with nodules on face

[Coffeebean1947]

My flock has recently had dry pox. I lost one younger hen. One of my turkeys seems unaffected, but the other has huge nodules on his face that continue to grow. I'm assuming it's pox, but I feel so sorry for this baby vet is not an option right now.

 

[R2elk]

My flock has recently had dry pox. I lost one younger hen. One of my turkeys seems unaffected, but the other has huge nodules on his face that continue to grow. I'm assuming it's pox, but I feel so sorry for this baby vet is not an option right now.
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Looks like a bad case of fowl pox.

 

[R2elk]

Every time I leave the room, he cries until I come back.

Of course, it thinks of you as its mother. If it was with its real mother, it would cry anytime the mother would leave it. That is what happens when you imprint them.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Pox will get worse before it gets better. It generally takes 6 weeks to run it's course. I've had turkeys look much worse. Some could barely see.

 

[ButtonquailGirl14]

So sorry!

 

[Coffeebean1947]

He isn't exactly a chick Lol but I think he is just miserable and misses his sister. I whistle back to him a couple times and he calms down. He also likes his neck and chest rubbed. He is definitely my baby. That's why I'm so worried about him.

 

[R2elk]

Any suggestions on getting food and water down him? It's a daily struggle. He eats and drinks a little on his own. His eyes began bubbling up and his breathing to rattle so I started him on corid and that is looking better.

Corid (amprolium) is a treatment for coccidiosis and will not do anything for fowl pox. The only recommended treatment that I came across is to get a veterinarian to prescribe antibiotics to prevent secondary respiratory infections.

https://www.backyardchickencoops.com.au/blogs/learning-centre/taking-the-pain-out-of-fowl-pox

 

[Coffeebean1947]

Every time I leave the room, he cries until I come back.

 

[Coffeebean1947]

If it's pox, why is he still getting worse? It breaks my heart, but is it kinder to cull at this point? I can tell he is in a lot of pain.

 

[Coffeebean1947]

Any suggestions on getting food and water down him? It's a daily struggle. He eats and drinks a little on his own. His eyes began bubbling up and his breathing to rattle so I started him on corid and that is looking better.