marek

  1. Hobbychicks91

    I’m running a Mareks experiment.

    Mareks in your flock? Starting over after mareks? How to eradicate mareks? All of the things I have searched. Came up dry. I see thousands of comments (I have red everything online) from people saying “well it yours forever now, mareks will be there FOREVER” so I decided to research all I could...
  2. C

    Marek's or stubborn inflammation?

    Hey, I'm back again with my limping 2,5 years old Serama bantam since the old thread was a getting a bit bloated She's limped for a month now on her right leg and it's gotten gradually worse. She has to swing her leg forward before trying to move, like it's hard to control it, and doesn't want...
  3. C

    Hen with a stiff leg and toes, help appreciated

    Hello, two days ago I noticed that a two and a half years old Serama hen started standing on one leg after a fight with another hen. She was a bit more withdrawn a day or two before that, but I didn't notice anything else. After the fight she started standing on one leg, and reluctantly walks on...
  4. C

    Chicken losing ability to walk

    I have a Wyandotte chicken, she is 21 weeks old. I noticed that she had a limp and was holding one leg up, gradually she started having trouble with both legs and is just taking small steps, if any before she lays down. I checked for Bumblefoot, I checked her legs for any injury, I can’t see any...
  5. A

    Cull or keep treating 22m/o 'marek' rooster?

    It started with sudden onset of lameness 4 weeks ago, he seemed to be in a lot of pain then because he was screaming when I tried to touch his legs & I first thought he was injured. He also had watery diarrhea, later developed high fever & I discovered he was full of red mites! I Isolated him...
  6. M

    Chicken has bright blue eyes. Possible marek’s? Help!

    Just got this picture from a friend who hatched some of my birds eggs and just as I was thinking that the eyes looked really pretty, I remembered that Marek’s can cause something that looks like this. The other chicks still have blue/green eyes but nothing like this. I’ve never seen eyes this...
  7. E

    Marek’s and future chickens

    If you had Marek’s in your flock, did you wait for all of them to die before getting new chickens? I have a small flock of now 4 (originally 5), 3 years old, one of them became paralyzed and necropsy pointed to Marek’s. Another one has developed ocular Marek’s in one eye though is otherwise...
  8. Lechugapicante

    Older hen with neurological symptoms

    Hi BC friends! I’ve got a 7 yo Copper Maran having neurological symptoms. Over a couple weeks I’ve noticed her standing off by herself more and being a little clumsy. Yesterday I noticed an odd head bobbing behavior, like she’s caught in a loop. She’s uncoordinated and seems like she can’t see...
  9. S

    Dying birds

    Hello again. I have had two white silkie hens die recently. One a few days ago, and one today. I also had another hen that I believe to have had mareks. The silkies were healthy until they weren’t. Suddenly having seizures and neurological issues. All their symptoms had pointed to a vitamin E...
  10. R

    Elderly Hen Splayed Legs/Weakness

    I have a very elderly hen named Tenebris- she is minimum 7 years old, but I believe she is closer to 8 or 9. She was hatched in my care and is 50% silkie, 25% black australorp, and 25% copper maran. Tenebris has been healthy her entire life except for just recently when she very abruptly...
  11. madsnbot

    chickens are getting sick and dying randomly. please help me diagnose :(

    Hi everyone today i’m absolutely devastated. Another one of my hens is acting sick and lethargic and I have no idea what’s wrong with my flock. For some backstory, two months ago I had two chickens die from an unknown illness. They were both acting lethargic and got worse as the days passed...
  12. Candy1977

    Marek or Vitamin Deficiency?

    I went to let my chickens( almost 17 weeks old) out yesterday morning and found one of my girls on the ground and falling face forward when she tried to get up and walk. I sent the video to a friend and told me it looked like Marek disease and I needed to separate her. I did separate her and was...
  13. The_Chicken_Tender

    One eye closed - very worried

    My hen is hardly opening her left eye, and when she does it's very watery. She has also not been very active today. I'm very worried it's Marek's. Does anyone know anything about this?
  14. WhiskeyShadow

    If its not Mareks, what could it be?

    After my first 2 deaths this spring, I've had necropsy's done. Each came back with tumor growths and 'most possibly Mareks'. I had PCR tests done for Mareks & ALV. Both came back negative. I know I've had coccidiosis several times this year, I can't seem to shake it. But I've lost as many young...
  15. jlangridge

    911 IS THIS MAREKS?

    I have a four month old EE that started displaying symptoms for an injured leg about five days ago. she was walking on one of her hocks and hobbling along. I put her in a Rubbermaid tote to force her to rest it, but it seems as though it may be getting worse. I took her out today to see if it...
  16. spiritpots

    Possible Marek's and not shell-less eggs after all??

    I hope someone is able to help figure out what is going on with my 12 month old Easter Egger Olivia, who has been laying eggs with only a yolk for the past week. I posted this a few days ago in the forum relating to egg laying but am now wondering if her symptoms may be related to Marek's. I got...
  17. babayagaeggs

    Hen exhibiting Marek's symptoms after being picked on...but she's vaccinated

    (TLDR: I don't think it's Marek's because my hen is vaccinated, but why can't my chicken walk after she got picked on?) Over a week ago, one of my larger hens started pecking on the smallest member of the flock. It was bad, and her scalp wound up bloody. There were no obvious wounds on the rest...
  18. Barredrocker99

    What’s wrong with my hen?

    This is all regarding my last couple of posts about a sick(?) BR: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/botulism-marek%E2%80%99s-disease.1426247/post-23474571 I still have no idea what’s wrong with my hen, and I’m afraid of not finding out until it’s too late. She’s been relatively lethargic...
  19. C

    Mystery illness - please help

    New chicken tender here. My chickens were all born around the beginning of June 2020. Up until the last 30 days my 20 chickens have had an impeccable bill of health. Recently 6 of the flock has been stricken with fowl pox. I immediately separated them. About 2-3 weeks after separation I found...
  20. -Dakota

    Hen Can't Stay Up! HELP!

    Hello! This morning my white orpington (we think thats what she is) (a few years old) cant stay standing up. there is no eye, nose or mouth discharge. her crop is not swollen. there is no clear injury on her leg. her legs are tucked under her as they usually are, they aren't leaning out to the...
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