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    So, Vet says its Mareks. Now what do we do?

    Update; My one sick hen died. the paralasis moved up her body to her neck, she was dead a day later. Another bird, a Mille Fleur d'Uccle roo started the same symptoms, and is now dead. I found a dead chicken in the coop today. NO symptoms. I dont know what to do. All the info I can find...
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    Help! Chicks sac and more hanging out. Worst I have ever seen. GRAPHIC

    I have seen several unabsorbed yolk sacs. but this one is huge. any one have one this bad who survived? Any tips? Here are a couple images, sorry, they are the best my camera can do. It is not as wet and bloody as the flash makes it look, it is dried up, and the little guy is trucking...
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    So, Vet says its Mareks. Now what do we do?

    Thank you to those who answered. I dont know that I have mareks here yet or not, as it is like rabies, and can only be tested for during a necropsy. Yes, it is possible that the customers bird got it from somewhere else, anything is likely, but the fact that I now have a young hen who...
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    So, Vet says its Mareks. Now what do we do?

    Nobody huh? Is my suspicion correct then, that more people have this problem than like to admit? If it really is so easily transmissible, it seems everyone would have it?
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    So, Vet says its Mareks. Now what do we do?

    Ok, we raise and sell chicks on a small scale. I have in the past raised birds through the winter to sell in the spring, when everyone is so 'hen hungry'. One of my long time customers just had a test come back from one of this years babies as positive for Mareks. I currently have a hen whose...
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