Our Chickens Have Fowl Pox

I had never even heard of fowl pox until we saw strange things going on with our rooster and we started searching for answers online. This video captures how we treated him to make him more comfortable as well as the measures we took to keep the rest of the girls safe.
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[@jaymeproctor2475]

I’ve been researching a treatment for fowlpox & lots of success using Colgate toothpaste!!! It’s pretty amazing!

[@briannablithe]

Whoa I will have to try that if it happens again!

[@mikaelak90]

Do you just put it on the lesions?

[@briannablithe]

I would imagine, or perhaps rub around the waddle surface while avoiding the eyes

[@lthao1994]

Any kind of Colgate toothpastes?

[@dixierose5628]

I put the teatree oil on mine. Worked great within 4 days almost gone. (But I also put ampicillin and vitamins in water) U can buy Fish antibiotics off eBay or amazon. Same thing. I even heard Colgate toothpaste as well!

[@briannablithe]

That’s a really great idea. Thankfully it’s cleared up now but yes, this is something I’ll keep in mind.

[@nataliaranda3931]

was it for wet or dry fowl pox?

[@dixierose5628]

@@nataliaranda3931 “dry”

[@dixierose5628]

They are Completely healed up now, all survived well.

[@briannablithe]

I think these guys had the dry fowl pox. It never got into their throat or mouth. It largely just irritated their eyes due to the sores that came up

[@swabipheasantry]

Thank you for sharing your personal experience with us.

[@briannablithe]

Awe thanks Swabi!

[@bertad.1555]

Aloha, thank you for the detail in this post. I just got the products you recommended and will start treating my flock of 8 asap. I hope they survive 🙏.

[@briannablithe]

Best of luck! I hope they pull through. It’s very sad to see them sick, but they can be resilient so don’t lose hope 💕

[@JohnSmith-cn9pt]

I'm dealing with this now. All 8 got it but only one ended up with it in her mouth and got a swollen eye. Toothpaste is working wonders in them. I'm ok with them all getting it at once because I don't want to do this again! Thank you for this video.

[@briannablithe]

I hope your birds are doing better!

[@JohnSmith-cn9pt]

@@briannablithe they are🥰thank you

[@briannablithe]

I have never heard of toothpaste before, that kind did you use? That would be so convenient in a pinch

[@JohnSmith-cn9pt]

@@briannablithe just regular crest. I watched a guy in a video use it. You put a good amount on each one and leave it for 14 days. All my girls are looking so much better. I'm Vanessa by the way 🤣I had the one girl get pretty bad but I got her eye to open up. They are all looking great 🥰

[@briannablithe]

Nice to meet you Vanessa! I’m so glad they are okay. It’s so stressful when they are sick

[@prettybirdthepetgoosefrien8155]

I think we may have fowl pox .. I'm not sure yet, but I'm researching. Ty for uploading treatment.

[@briannablithe]

How are they doing?

[@prettybirdthepetgoosefrien8155]

@@briannablithe if your willing, I just posted a pic of one of my hens and the full explanation of what's been going on (brushing over my ganders 2.5 month mystery illness) on my community post here on youtube. I did ad the pics of 1 hen, but I feel like I'm seeing more and more signs of dry pox. I think my gander may have had wet pox this past fall. He's pretty much recovered now. No more symptoms, but I didn't think he was going to make it some nights. It was heartbreaking. Now I worry about the rest of my flock.

[@lisaramdass4382]

You need to use nitrile gloves whever working with chickens especially if they are sick. I would use tea tree or toothpast on the pox spots. the blue kote is too messy probably could of use cotton swabs instead of the towel it could of gotten in their eyes. Also, if you rooster was worse than your hen you should of seperated the both of them. She probably wasn't that bad but got worse when you put them together.

[@theone2698]

The best thing you can do is let it run it course. I can tell you if your rooster has it all your hens have it

[@jaymeproctor2475]

That’s q tip. I hope your babies will be ok!

[@Real_Question]

Poor babies! Would definitely love an update on how they are and how they healed up! 😊

[@briannablithe]

Thankfully they are doing well. I got so attached to the rooster during this whole process. I’ll get an update video out soon!

[@Misty-nd4dp]

@@briannablithe how did your rooster do? I’m dealing with pox now I think but worse, bumble foot. 💔

[@briannablithe]

I’ll ask my husband what he knows about bumble foot. We had encountered that before too and it was tough to deal with. Our roo recovered so well! We were very happy to see him get well!

[@briannablithe]

He said we never had bumble foot but we dealt with scaley leg-mites. We did NOT have bumble foot so I don’t know what might help. Reddit was very helpful though, I am sure you’d find some good advice there

[@uhavemooface]

How is the rooster and hen now days? Its 2021 now. I probably should subscribe to you and watch all of the videos you have. lol. New subscriber

[@briannablithe]

Thanks for the support 🥰 They are both doing great! This whole thing cleared up in about a week and hasn’t ever created such a problem again thank goodness. I used to occasionally see signs of it on other birds but I would spray them with the “blu-kote” immediately and it never was serious for them.

[@khwajamuzamil1661]

very good

[@fotonmom]

Im trying the toothepaste method. I will up date when its over. Blue cote...gah..does NOT come off.

[@briannablithe]

That stuff is persistent!

[@prism5161]

Dab tea tree oil on the effective spots.

[@briannablithe]

This is a great idea!

[@mamabearsmith1024]

Have you tried adding echinacea or oregano and Other herbs to their diet? I hope they get better soon.

[@mamabearsmith1024]

Or adding diatomaceous earth to their dust bath?

[@briannablithe]

We have been using a lot of herbs lately and definitely using the DE. Thankfully these guys have healed up so well - this was filmed about a month ago but I finally edited and posted. Thank you for the tips!

[@teffyvargas5916]

Mine got them and I don’t know how we haven’t bought chickens in 3 years we been reproducing ours

[@briannablithe]

I’ve heard that walking in an area where other birds have it and then coming home can transfer it to your flock. But that’s very curious, I hope yours are fairing well!

[@gypsy8942]

Mosquitoes is the main vector for fowl pox. Also rubbing alcohol will remove the bluekote from your skin 😊

[@briannablithe]

I never thought of either of these! Thank you! That’s so clever. And of course the mosquitoes would be responsible for more chaos 😩

[@susanlopez6361]

What can be done for wet pox?

[@briannablithe]

Sorry, I didn’t see this comment for so long. Do you have a bird with wet pox? I don’t have any experience with it but I will ask around and see if I can find any useful information.

[@hugsyshens]

My chickens have fowl pox at the moment, I have 5 and they all have it and I’m pretty worried. What should I do

[@briannablithe]

Hi Hugsy, sorry I didn’t see this for so long. How are you chickens doing now?

[@hugsyshens]

Hey Brianna, they are doing excellent now! I tried hydrogen peroxide and Vaseline as well, and they worked like a charm and they went away within a week to 2 weeks if you reapply often so maybe once every 2-3 days, you just dab on some hydrogen peroxide then then finish it with the Vaseline, so that is just another way in case anyone can’t get the things you used in their area as I couldn’t. Amazing tutorial though :)

[@hugsyshens]

I’m also subscribed to you :D

[@briannablithe]

Thank goodness! I hate to see the little guys get sick. I’m really glad they are doing well :)

[@hugsyshens]

Thankyou! It is quite scary when they get sick and you don’t know what to do :)

[@joshuaculick7767]

Are the eggs safe with a outbreak ?

[@briannablithe]

I think the eggs are totally fine to eat

[@rickyromerotv7086]

😥😥

[@briannablithe]

They are doing great these days! Thank goodness!

[@sardarsarfraz3963]

simply apply tomato pulp and look the magic.

[@briannablithe]

I haven’t ever heard of that, I bet it works though!

[@ilhamnjh6836]

nipslip be careful ❤️

[@briannablithe]

😂😅