marek's

  1. E

    Sick silkie chick

    I am hoping someone can help me! I have (6) 6 day old silkie chicks. I received them 8/30 and one was just noisy as can be, so I checked her out and noticed one of her eyes was just half way open. I would say it also looks a bit more swollen than the other. I wiped with warm water, and have been...
  2. CT Coop

    Marek's is back...

    I first experienced Marek's in 2015. I was doing a friend a favor, because he was moving and needed a home for his 5 hens. I took them and separated from my flock for 3 weeks. 2 BRs were 1 yr old and 3 Silkies were 4 months old. I quickly learned that 1 of the Silkies was blind, but did not...
  3. Chicks 'n ducks

    Help! My chickens are dropping dead with no warning!

    Hello, I have been struggling with some nasty disease in my flock of silkies. It started in fall of last year when I had one of my first chickens, a silkie pullet, get sick. she wasn't acting herself, not much of an appetite, hunched. Then, the next day or so, she was struggling to...
  4. Bryverine

    Possible Mareks?

    After losing three of four chickens last August who suddenly became paralyzed on one side and died within weeks of each other, we were devastated and put off getting more chickens. We ended up moving somewhere with more space for chickens and two months ago, we started our flock again and now...
  5. E

    1 y/o hen died of Marek’s. Should I sell my unintroduced pullets to save them?

    Long story short: I found one of my hens yesterday unable to walk, and after spending the night at the emergency vet, it’s been determined that she most likely had Marek’s. She passed away in my arms earlier this afternoon. I have two sebright pullets, about 12 weeks old, who have not been...
  6. lena_

    My Hen Has Welts On Her Face And Is Acting Strangely

    I have a hen named Olive who I raised from a chick, she will be a year old on the 25th of August. She is a silkie/Easter Egger mix and has been very healthy previously. This morning I went outside to let her out of the coop, she shares a coop with two silkie hens and her two chicks, and noticed...
  7. DarkWater1929

    Q Mereks symptoms, and Polish Chickens. NOT urgent but relevant to my pullets all the same...

    Hi! I bought six pullets from TSC (our feed/equipment, greedy corporate, but convenient and seductive, store) about eight weeks ago. Two Wyandottes, two Marans, one Americauna and one Polish. They have lived alone, together, since. They were mostly in a brooder area inside, as our winter...
  8. G

    Does Marek’s disease affect geese?

    Read about the disease on chickens. Tried finding whether it can get onto geese but haven't found the answer yet. If it does, what should I do to prevent my geese from getting it?
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  9. Marie-in-SD

    Hatching eggs in a Marek's exposed environment

    I hope you guys can help me make the right decisions here. My little flock (currently 13 hens of all breeds and one rooster) have been exposed to Marek's and are almost certainly carriers (I have lost several chickens in the past few years). The remaining flock was vaccinated when they were...
  10. Chronic Incubator

    Split Marek's Vaccine for Multiple Hatches?

    Has anybody done this? If so, how'd you do it? Thank you!
  11. Bethemma

    Introducing vaccinated birds to non-vaccinated Marek's survivors

    I am wanting to give a home to some ex-battery hens which I can potentially pick up on Sunday. I believe that all 'commerical' chickens are vaccinated against things such as marek's. This is good because unfortunately my small flock was exposed to marek's in the past. The hens that survived...
  12. TeenageRooster's Dad

    6 weeks old chick with Marek's?

    Paralyzed right leg, unable to stand. Doesn't look good. Never had a baby chick with Marek's. Should I isolate her? Let nature run its course? She has a little sister showing no symptoms at all and still handing with her mom Mrs Yvette (she pops in mid video). Sucks :(
  13. C

    Balance problems

    I have a young speckled Sussex chick I could really use some advice on. I've tried lots of suggestions I have read on other threads, but nothing seems to be working. So we got this chick at the first of the year, and the first week she was running around just fine. Then we noticed a slight...
  14. hunthaven

    Hatcheries that vaccinate in ovo, or through the egg?

    I've read that the most effective Marek's vaccines are given with a double needle while the chick is still in the egg. Does anyone know which hatcheries vaccinate this way? Anyone? Bueller? I only know about Vikon Farms (...
  15. hunthaven

    Hatcheries that vaccinate in ovo, or through the egg?

    I've read that the most effective Marek's vaccines are given with a double needle while the chick is still in the egg. Does anyone know which hatcheries vaccinate this way? Anyone? Bueller...
  16. Bougiechicks

    Mareks?

    our girl goes to the vet in two days, but I just wanted to get some opinions. She is about 10 weeks, silkie, brought her hone from a breeder about a month ago. This week she was stumbling around, so we brought her inside thinking she was injured. Now she is having trouble with her balance, but...
  17. S

    Hen with milky diarrhea, loses balance and falling back onto hocks

    1) What type of bird , age and weight Modern game bantam, 8 months. Can't really tell how much weight she has lost. 2) What is the behavior, exactly. For the last week she has been hanging out by herself inside the coop. She comes outside for a few hours in the morning to peck around in the...
  18. B

    Help! Is this Marek's disease?

    We got a couple of new pullets two days ago, and one of them seems odd. She nods her head up and down a lot when sleeping, but not when she's awake. She also has very laboured breathing when sleeping. I googled the symptoms and I am now terrified she could have Marek's disease. She has light...
  19. C

    Panting, Limping, Pulsing Vent Area

    I have a 2 year old chicken who just started limping or raising her leg and breathing with her mouth open. She got up on the roost tonight but was breathing with her mouth open and gave a little cough (but just one). When I noticed the limping I saw that her backside was pulsing - very...
  20. Acre4Me

    Marek’s Q - visited infected flock!

    Today a friend took my child and I to visit a friend of theirs that raises chickens. We went to their hen house and admired the birds while walking around inside. We did not handle the birds, but were inside and around the henhouse for 20 min. Once we left, the friend shared that the...
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