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    Viable treatment for Marek's Disease.

    I was thinking something like that too about the cause of the relapsing... I do try to buy small bags of feed and keep it in the house, and try to use it up rather short period of time. But when the feed is out in the yard it's exposed to the sun, I was thinking something like that too about...
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    Viable treatment for Marek's Disease.

    His limping is gone and I don't see him breathing hard too much any more. (Sometimes he sits down away from the other chickens. I'm not sure if it's a shortness of breath. But he doesn't open-close his mouth anymore when he tries to breathe like he was doing for the first several days. His was...
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    Viable treatment for Marek's Disease.

    Thank you for the dosage for the feed. I will mix it in their feed + some oil 👍. The rooster seems to be accepted back in without much hassle. I feel so relieved. When the roo was limping and weak the other roo and 4 yr old boss hen were after him, but now the other roo seems rather submissive...
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    Viable treatment for Marek's Disease.

    I thought so too and when the first 2 birds recovered enough to be able to walk I put them out in the same run with the rest of the flock (made a separate section with fence for them so they won't get picked on) , then the rooster got infected 😢 Also, I have another problem 😓 I have one more...
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    Viable treatment for Marek's Disease.

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    Viable treatment for Marek's Disease.

    Thank you so much for your reply ! I will freeze those skullcap balls 👍 My roo is actually the 3rd one that got infected in my new flock . I lost the first two birds by the early August. How I wish I had found your post here sooner so that I could've tried the skullcap for them too and it...
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    Hello

    Hello, I just joined this group. Thank you for accepting my request 💕 (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? II've had backyard chickens for 5 yesrs or so now. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 6 (3) What breeds do you have? White Brahma, Australorp, Buff...
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    Viable treatment for Marek's Disease.

    Thank you for sharing all the valuable information on treatmentfor Marek's. I have a Marek's infected roo and made the 20 'skullcap + egg white' balls for him following your recipe. I give him 2 balls a day. Do they stay fresh for 10 days as long as I keep them in the fridge? Or should I...
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