marek's

  1. Vivid Hatchery

    Double Silver Laced Barnevelder Large Fowl unsexed chicks, NPIP, Marek's vaccinated

    Hello everyone, The type has been sought after for decades by breeders, but just recently it has been created in the last decade or so. Now is your opportunity to have some of these beauties yourself. They are shipped at ten to fifteen days so they can better sustain the trip. I am having...
  2. A

    First Bird Died (Marek's) - Second Doing Great After St. John's Wort Treatment

    I posted a month ago about one of our seemingly strong, healthy chickens that we found shaking and who died a few hours later. (See here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/healthy-chicken-dead-24-hours-later.1217158/). The members on this forum were incredibly kind and helpful--and I...
  3. TheDonger

    Help diagnosing a Chicken please

    We have 1 chicken that is walking with a bad limp, we have done a check and do not see any sore or lesions, not broken bones as far as I can tell. Any help is appreciated.
  4. Ms. Crazy Chicken Lady

    Help Diagnosing Sick Chicken! Out of breath, balance issues, lethargic?

    Hello wonderful fellow chicken people! This is my first time posting on this forum, and I need your help! I have used BYC many a time to learn about chicken health and disease. I have had chickens since I was 5 years old and I remember my mom learning about gape worm from BYC when one of our...
  5. inky123

    Sick Lavender Orpington?

    We have a Lavender Orpington hen (DeeBee) that has become ill. Her comb is pale and she has lost weight and is very thin. She seems lethargic much of the time. This has been going on for about 3 weeks. A couple of times we have seen her "wobble" when walking, but it has only happened a couple...
  6. SammyBrowell

    Has anyone had any luck with Valtrex for Marek's?

    Hi all: I found one post from a couple of years ago about this, but I wanted to start a fresh thread to see if anyone else has had any luck (or any feedback at all) about using the human anti-viral drug, Valtrex (or Valocyclovir) for Marek's? My sweet little EE pullet - she's maybe 5 months-...
  7. Kazzandra

    4 day old vaccinated chick from Ideal, dead from Marek's?

    So, just as it says on the tin, today I lost a 4 day old chick (with us for 24 hours-- shipping took longer than usual) from what appeared to be Marek's today. They are inside in my living room, and my flock is outside. Sanitazed cage. Vaccinated by Ideal, and not sure if they're still just...
  8. jaimedes

    Life after Marek's ???

    I have lost two pullets in the last few months, presumably from the dreaded Marek's. Two different vets were used for the 2 different birds and both suspected Marek's but no necropsy was performed. Both came from a local breeder who says they were vaccinated for Marek's. Prior to that I had 4...
  9. C

    Blue comb and wattle, also Marek's

    hello, One of my Marek's survivor roos is presenting with blue comb and wattle. I have read other threads on this. I believe he is able to crow as I have heard him done so fine with blurring of the tips of the comb. As this has progressed he does not crow. He eats and drinks regularly. Have not...
  10. C

    Earlobe or wattle injury

    Hello, I noticed a couple of days ago one of my pullets appeared to have sustained an injury to her earlobe or wattle. When I tried to investigate she would run and I felt I was stressing her out more than it was work. Today she still appears to have the injury and my husband and I intend on...
  11. C

    First laying

    I am new to chicken rearing. This is our first flock and the females are finally maturing and just started laying. They are buff orpingtons, 19 weeks old. A few questions: 1. How often should I look/collect eggs a day? So far I look at about 10am, 1pm, and 7pmish. The ladies have been laying...
  12. Bree Tree

    Testing for Marek's in CA

    Hello Chicken loving folks! I've been dealing with what seems to be Marek's disease spreading through my flock. I've spoken with a few vet's in the area and called UC Davis. One of my poor chickens has been paralyzed for over a week now, won't eat unless I syringe feed her, I feel euthanizing...
  13. MareAndChicks

    RIP Potato Roo....

    Greetings. I got my first chicks on my birthday back in January on the 7th. I moved to a 5 acres horse property in the woods of Fall City, Washington back in October of last year, 2016. This is a dream come true for me and my family. The property had a hen house, fenced run, and a fenced in area...
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  14. K

    I don't know if I should cull my chicken!!!!!!! please help!!!

    A couple of months ago, my mom and brother came back from a birthday party with a baby chick. Turns out that the party favours were live baby chickens and my family (along with many others) had happily accepted the gift. I, on the other hand, knew that taking care of a chicken would take some...
  15. NancyNurseCxMama

    Marek's---good article

    I believe I am dealing with this now in one of my chicks. It's heartbreaking. At this point we are looking at euthanasia, which we were going to do ourselves. But we found a vet who treats chickens and will euthanize and also do a necropsy. We really want a definitive answer on what devastated...
  16. NancyNurseCxMama

    Not injury---looks like Marek's

    My poor sweet Rocky, nearly 8 weeks old, looks like she has Marek's. I thought at first that she had injured her leg---although always smaller than my other six chicks, she was feisty and always the first to do daring things like get up on the brooder roost or leap to the top of the waterer...
  17. C

    Eat or not to eat because Marek's

    Hello all. Me again. We have Marek's in our flock. Females tend to spontaneously die and our males tend to present with neuro/ abnormal gate. I know it is not transferable to humans or dogs. I know eggs are ok too. We currently have a 10lb ish bird with the inability to walk. Should we eat him...
  18. C

    marek's vaccine - all or nothing for flock?

    I'm still in planning phase for chickens. I would like to have standard pullets and bantam pullets. Ideally I would like to pick up one group this year and the other group next year. I had originally planned on all the birds being vaccinated for mareks but I'm noticing it is more difficult to...
  19. C

    Confirmed Marek's... now what?

    Hello, Our sick fluffs have been confirmed to have Marek's. We are still unsure of what strand as those results are still pending. We are now determining what to do. This is our first attempt at raising chickens. We started this to provide food for our family. We purchased from an exceptional...
  20. C

    Possible Marek's, please help

    https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/possible-mareks-please-help-long-post.1176278/#post-18524525 Hello all, I am new to BYC but have been reading the forum for months. My husband and I purchased 27 three day old buff orpingtons chicks from a quality breeder we found on the sustainable...
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