Need rooster help! His eyes are swollen shut!

[ElfenLied89]

So this is Lucky (a few of you may know him from the November hatchalong I did. His right eye recently has been giving him trouble, and we have used the eye ointment (when we can catch him) to help him out. It looked like it was clearing up. (No more oozing etc. Just a shut eye with minimal swelling)

Yesterday he was fine. Today I go out and see him just sitting on the covered run. He didn't even run when I got near him. Like he couldn't see. So I told him good afternoon, and asked him how he was. He turned his head and now his other eye is messed up too. Poor baby is hurt and idk what this is. He doesn't even try to get away now. He just talks smack bc I am picking him up. I set him up in the quarantine area with food and water (showed him where both were beside him).

What is this and what is going on with my boy? He has yellow spots too. Also his foot

 

[WingItRanch]

Poor Lucky!

There seems to be a lot of similar posts lately. I see you're in South Carolina. Do you have a lot of mosquitos? Looks like it may be Fowl Pox.

Thread 'Fowl Pox' https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/fowl-pox.1630495/

 

[ElfenLied89]

Poor Lucky!

There seems to be a lot of similar posts lately. I see you're in South Carolina. Do you have a lot of mosquitos? Looks like it may be Fowl Pox.

Thread 'Fowl Pox' https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/fowl-pox.1630495/

Yes. We do. Mosquitoes are annoying here but really bad in the summer.

 

[WingItRanch]

Yes. We do. Mosquitoes are annoying here but really bad in the summer.

Read through that post I linked and I think you'll agree that may be what's happening. There's some good advice given in it, too. I hope he feels better soon!

 

[MysteryChicken]

He's got Fowl Pox.

 

[ElfenLied89]

Oh no. What can I do to help him? I read it isn't treatable and that it has a high mortality rate?

 

[Eggcessive]

It is a virus called fowl pox. It lasts about 3-4 weeks, and most healthy grown chickens get over it. Chicks and sick chickens, or ones who get yellow gunk inside their beaks, which is wet pox, may have a harder time. Since he has scabs around his eyes, I would apply either Terramycin or plain Neosporin ointment, a small dab in the eyes twice a day to help prevent infection. If there is gunk or dried crust in the eye, drip some saline or eye wash into the eye before applying the ointment. Make sure that he is seeing his food and water or help him eat and drink a couple of times a day. Don’t touch scabs unnecessarily since that can spread the virus to others or on that chicken. Some use Betadine and QTips to paint on the scabs. Here is some reading about it:
https://the-chicken-chick.com/fowl-pox-prevention-treatmen/