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Thank you for your replies.I have no experience with foul pox.I will do some research on it. We did have a way hotter summer than normal and mosquitoes are really bad. Hopefully that’s what it is and it will go away in a couple of weeks. She does have a really vaulted head but she also has a...

My seven week old showgirl chick has a growth under her rectum and one on the top of my head. I have never seen this before. The one under herrectum as large about the size of a quarter and the one on her head is smaller. She always had a really domed head and I thought that it was just...

oh wow so you're able to put them back with a Broody hen that's great it's the best way to raise chicks. :) I kind of feel like my chicks are a experiment too. I keep writing down things I would have done differently the next time I guess we'll see how many make it .I kind of don't want to get...

I'm glad your new chicks are doing good :) since you vaccinated in the egg did you have to make sure to keep dander away from them for a few days after they hatched? I called the Hatchery and my chicks were vaccinated with inovax. I went on their website and it said it takes 9 days to be...

here we go again I had to cull two hens and a rooster the other day. And tonight I went out and my blue Polish I think was a rooster but was so quiet I don't know for sure was dead in the Run. The two roosters I got in march so they were about 6 months old. The hens one hatched in February and...

I'm sorry, that's awful. I'm sorry your first broody experience turned out like that. Having the broody raise the chicks is something I'm really going to miss, it's so sweet to see The Mamas teach the babies.

I have read the great mareks article on here more than once :) It is a great reference. I have closed my flock and cleaned my Coop of all the dander I possibly could I bought some virkon I haven't used it yet I need to go out and do another deep cleaning and then spray. I gave my chickens...

So three weeks ago I got a positive Marek's diagnosis for my flock. It has been very difficult losing my young chickens.So far I've lost six hens and one rooster all under 6 months old. The first two hens had paralysis and I culled them. Then I lost two that I just found dead and I've had three...

yes mixed flock enthusiast I have silkies,sizzles,polish and a few silkie polish x's. My daughter tells people we like our chickens with crazy top knots:) Your show girl was very beautiful I'm very sorry for your loss :( your other silkies are adorable too. The babies I ordered are all...

Thank you everybody for all of your replies:) Thank you for the links eggcessive I have read the great big giant mareks disease faq.lots of great info and answered a lot of questions. I will go through and read the rest of the links too. Thanks for the positive words mixed flock enthusiast...

Thank you so much that is a perfect way to individually worm all of them. I had visions of trying to chase them all around the Run :) I have only used wormer that you feed. I think they need more than that this time. I have been shopping around and i'm finding a big bottle for $45. Do you know...

Ok I have been treating them for Coccidiosis with corrid. Is there a wormer that I can put on their food or in water instead of each individual bird? I had been giving them poultry cell before I started corrid .I will start it back up and I got some probiotics also. I am going to deep clean my...

Hisopathology report When I talked to them they didn't mention Coccidiosis but it looks like she had coccidia too. So i'm guessing I need to worm all of them and treat them for Coccidiosis? Im also guessing they have this because they have weakened immune systems from the Mareks?

Well I got my necropsy results back and it was positive for mareks.:( They also had nematode worms so I need to figure out what I need to give them for that but that wasn't the cause of the problem. I'm relieved I don't have to wonder anymore but I'm sad at the prospect of what's going to...

Thank you. I had all the contact info thanks to Wyorp Rock :) I got hold of the lab and everything is set for Monday. I feel bad keeping her alive knowing I'm just going to cull her :( I don't think she is in pain, she is still eating but her legs are sometimes in the one forward one backward...