Wet Avian Pox?

[primojosephar]

About half

 

[casportpony]

About half

Try just 10ml of fluids every 2-4 hours and see if that helps her clear.

-Kathy

 

[primojosephar]

Success!! Fluff has been pecking at stuff all day but not eating or drinking still. She won't even touch the chick crumbles which she loves but I just gave her some celery and she went nuts!! So I pit it through a processor and she is scarfing it down. I figure the high water content should keep her hydrated and hopefully she will start to try new things.

 

[Eggcessive]

Watermelon is usually loved by chickens, and good for hydrating, but may be hard to find in the fall.

 

[primojosephar]

I got her some kale and mealworms and she is just eating away! Still won't touch water or crumbles. And she won't eat out of the bowl. Only eats off the ground. But its a step in the right direction

 

[primojosephar]

So she is nibbling on food and drinking occasionally but not enough. I'm still tube feeding her twice a day and tomorrow is the last day of antibiotics (tylan) she doesn't have any nasal discharge or watery eyes. She is not coughing or sneezing but sounds weezy from time to time. It has been a week since she got sick. How long does recovery take? Is it possible she has MG? I hate to cull her but I'm worried about her harboring something and eventually going back with the flock.

 

[Eggcessive]

So she is nibbling on food and drinking occasionally but not enough. I'm still tube feeding her twice a day and tomorrow is the last day of antibiotics (tylan) she doesn't have any nasal discharge or watery eyes. She is not coughing or sneezing but sounds weezy from time to time. It has been a week since she got sick. How long does recovery take? Is it possible she has MG? I hate to cull her but I'm worried about her harboring something and eventually going back with the flock.

Fowl pox take 3-5 weeks for recovery. she is probably just having a tough time of it. Have you seen any yellow patches inside her throat? They would be the patches of wet pox, and can be clear down in the trachea and esophagus, so you may be hearing the sound as her breath passes over that. If found, I think they are supposed to be removed as best as you can. Giving her the Tylan probably has saved her life.

 

[primojosephar]

She had several lesions in her mouth. One on the tongue and one in her throat. The one on her tongue came off on its own and I haven't seen the one in her throat while feeding so I think it is gone too. Some of the pox on her face have come off on their own too. So she is starting to look better. But I'm worried about the ones I can't see that may be lower in her system. I guess when the antibiotics are finished tomorrow I will have a better idea of how she is going to do.

 

[jillbell]

My hen had white wart like things around her eye. It was pox.

 

[denabarba]

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[COLOR=333333]About a week ago I noticed that my alpha roo had some white spots on his comb. I also found some on one of this ladies. We have about 20 chickens and from what I can see they are the only two with spots and neither seems bothered by them. Today I was out feeding them and I heard/saw one of the other hens make a "clearing the throat" sound. I saw her do it again a few hours later and noticed that she was laboured in her breathing. I scooped her up and moved her to a dog crate in the shop.  She seems find otherwise and doesn't have any spots.[/COLOR][COLOR=333333]
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[/COLOR][COLOR=333333]Does this sound like the wet pox? How do I tell if she has spots inside her throat?  What can I do for her?