Chrys, Fowl pox can affect future egg lying, fertility, and some of your chickens can end up being carriers for several months. It's best to separate obvious pox victims and start them on supportive poultry vitamins and broad spectrum antibiotic. Then vaccinate the rest of the flock with chick pox vaccine twice. You'll have to keep your flocks vaccinated on a regular basis now you know that pox is a problem in your area. You are fortunate there is not wet pox with the dry pox sores. You'll need to clean well too, it's passed bird to bird after the infection is spread by mosquitoes from wild birds. You'll have to self quarantine for the next 3-4 months and make sure you do not track pox elsewhere to other's housebirds or chickens.
From: Christine Moore <c_moore_p22000@yahoo.com>
To: "CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com" <CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 6:35 PM
Subject: Re: [CHICKENS-101] Re: frostbite and now an infection?
Cathryn rainbowsilkiesTM in Michigan
From: Christine Moore <c_moore_p22000@yahoo.com>
To: "CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com" <CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 6:35 PM
Subject: Re: [CHICKENS-101] Re: frostbite and now an infection?
Hi Rebecca---I thought my chickens had frost bite also, but it was avian pox. It started out as a warty-looking black bump on his comb (not on the tips), and spread to the other chickens. Either way, if it's frost bite it should just fall off, and avian pox is just a virus that has to run it's course. Is it on the tips or on the actual body of the comb? Some of mine have the black stuff on the tips, but most of them also have it in the body of the comb and on the wattles.
Chrys
Chrys
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