jesuisrififi
In the Brooder
- Jul 3, 2023
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Hello, everyone 
This is my first post and I wanted to use it to clear out some doubts about fowl pox.
First of all, an 8 week old plymouth hen started to show little black scabs on her comb and eyes 5 days ago, so I immediately proceeded to isolate her from the rest of the flock. I have been monitoring the rest of the birds and they are all clear of symptoms for now.
On Saturday, my broody silkie hen hatched her four precious chicks.
I bought treatment for the hen with fowl pox to make her comfortable and I also bought a vaccine for the rest of the flock (2 roosters and 3 hens).
So my questions are:
1) I suppose it is too early to be able to vaccine the chicks, right?
2) Can I apply the vaccine to the unaffected birds? They have not shown signs of fowl pox but they were close to the infected chicken at the beginning.
3) If I can apply the vaccine, can I include the mother hen? I ask this because she has been broody, probably not eating too well, so I don’t know if the vaccine will affect her differently than the other chickens.
4) If I should apply vaccine to the mother, the baby chicks, won’t be affected by it, would they?
5) When can I reincorporate infected hen to flock?
I know it’s a lot of questions but I am panicking because I am a rookie backyard chicken parent, and I feel like I will lose my mind by now.
Thanks for you attention
This is my first post and I wanted to use it to clear out some doubts about fowl pox.
First of all, an 8 week old plymouth hen started to show little black scabs on her comb and eyes 5 days ago, so I immediately proceeded to isolate her from the rest of the flock. I have been monitoring the rest of the birds and they are all clear of symptoms for now.
On Saturday, my broody silkie hen hatched her four precious chicks.
I bought treatment for the hen with fowl pox to make her comfortable and I also bought a vaccine for the rest of the flock (2 roosters and 3 hens).
So my questions are:
1) I suppose it is too early to be able to vaccine the chicks, right?
2) Can I apply the vaccine to the unaffected birds? They have not shown signs of fowl pox but they were close to the infected chicken at the beginning.
3) If I can apply the vaccine, can I include the mother hen? I ask this because she has been broody, probably not eating too well, so I don’t know if the vaccine will affect her differently than the other chickens.
4) If I should apply vaccine to the mother, the baby chicks, won’t be affected by it, would they?
5) When can I reincorporate infected hen to flock?
I know it’s a lot of questions but I am panicking because I am a rookie backyard chicken parent, and I feel like I will lose my mind by now.
Thanks for you attention
