Wet and Dry Fowl Pox - Graphic Pictures of Pus and Scabs

[casportpony]

Pox is not a fungus! Copperox, or whatever it's called, might be toxic in poultry.


-Kathy

X2,Copperox(contains 37.5% copper napthenate,which is a wood preservative)it is used for certain conditions on horse hooves,cannot be used on cats or the teats of lactating animals. I agree with Kathy possibly a toxic risk.

And Thrushbuster is probably the same. Acidified cooper sulfate is what is used in poultry, but in very small amounts!

-Kathy

 

[springchicken10]

Okay. I do find contradictory info on this site but of course a virus is not a fungus! But some people say I should be using and antifungal agent. So far I've used Clotrimitrole, a people anti-f, which I'm sure wouldn't hurt. Since the pox IS a virus is there any way to really be rid of it?

 

[casportpony]

Okay. I do find contradictory info on this site but of course a virus is not a fungus! But some people say I should be using and antifungal agent. So far I've used Clotrimitrole, a people anti-f, which I'm sure wouldn't hurt. Since the pox IS a virus is there any way to really be rid of it?

No, you just let it run it's course and pray you don't get a secondary infection.

-Kathy

 

[kuntrygirl]

Okay. I do find contradictory info on this site but of course a virus is not a fungus! But some people say I should be using and antifungal agent. So far I've used Clotrimitrole, a people anti-f, which I'm sure wouldn't hurt. Since the pox IS a virus is there any way to really be rid of it?

No, you just let it run it's course and pray you don't get a secondary infection.

-Kathy

x2

Pray hard.

 

[springchicken10]

Thanks again! The hen looks better, less pus but one big "scab", fewer new postules. But she looks very unthrifty, just filthy. Smells terrible. I want to wash her or do something for her besides the iodine treatments. What do you recommend? SAlso, how long is the virus active enough to infect the other chckens? Right now she is literally cooped up by herself.

 

[springchicken10]

My chicen is doing better but a large yellow pus scab keeps re appearing on her nostril. When I push it off I can see the nostril, made of hard beak material of course, is huge, like a quarter inch across. It will have to stay this way, right? Can the bird survive like this? How long does the scabbing and pussing go on for? Thanks

 

[crazyfeathers]

Thanks for sharing your girls pictures and being so informative on treatment and the virus. Kathy you are amazing, I can tolerate a lot of disgusting things but I'm not sure about treating pox. It's horribly disgusting and hard for me to look at, poor chickens. So here's me giving KAthy a round of applause for her persistence, dedication, and sharing with fellow chicken lovers. So from now on I will vaccinate, vaccinate, vaccinate!!! I hope everyone's chickens make a full recovery, God bless.

 

[springchicken10]

Is the huge hole in her beak permanent? It's where a scab keeps coming back. The mouth interior and cheek scabs are gone. Thanks

 

[Cluckitcottage]

I had a problem last year with two of my chickens, which my vet said was Fowl Pox. I sadly lost the two of them, one to Dry Pox and one suddenly to Wet Pox. I thought to begin with, that she just had a chest infection, causing her to cough. I couldn't get her in with my Vet, so had to take her to a different practice, who didnt even look down her throat. They gave her a shot of antibiotics but sadly she died that evening. The Dry Pox started with yellow lumps on her wattles and comb, which from the photos, you'll see, over the weeks, got worse, causing areas all over body to react, including her legs and feathers. She also tested positive for ringworm, so I too was treating her for a fungal infection as well as letting the Fowl Pox take its course.

The latter pictures is where I had, out of desperation, used Gentian Violets. She sadly gave up her fight after 4 weeks and died in my arms
Her Fowl Pox looks different to most of the pictures on here?
Good luck, to anyone whose chickens are fighting this horrible disease. I did isolate this hen from my others and fortunately, it didn't spread any further.
I still haven't got over losing my beautiful girls.

 

[springchicken10]

Hi, Thanks for being so helpful in your previous replies. My hen has never stopped eating, drinking and being active so I am pretty sure she's going to make it. I swab the scabs every day with Betadine, a horse ointment containing iodine. The one pus spot keeps reforming on her nostril. When I knock off the hard scab there's a big hole underneath. Can she live with this in her beak? She smelled awful so I swabbed vinegar all over her feathers, which has killed some of the stink and hasn't seemed to harm her. When will this virus be "dead"? Thanks again