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  1. Katieswan

    Mareks or Ocular Mareks? Could this be why my birds are getting ill?

    Well at the moment I believe that this is what it is but hopefully I will be able to get a for sure answer with a necropsy at some point. Does anybody have suggestions on what to do so it does not transfer to other peoples birds who may come to my house or I go to theres? I have friend with...
  2. Katieswan

    Mareks or Ocular Mareks? Could this be why my birds are getting ill?

    Do you have any suggestions for me as what to do further? Should I cull this whole flock? Would it be ok to get more chickens who were vaccinated and hope they do not get it as well or is my chicken keeping ruined now? I realize it is spread through dander but would it help to clean and...
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    Mareks or Ocular Mareks? Could this be why my birds are getting ill?

    Almost a year old Dominique with a newly ( as of today eye looking like this) It seems irritated because she has it closed a lot. Here is what it looks like when it is open. Hard to see any pupil at all. Does act like she cannot really see out of it. Older Red Sex link who I got as an adult...
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    Mareks or Ocular Mareks? Could this be why my birds are getting ill?

    Thanks for the response. I feel like it almost has to be mareks. Especially since this one bird showed up with this symptom randomly. It seems more unlikely that it is from an injury. I will try to post some photos that I took this afternoon. Yes I agree that it is a hatchery issue and I had...
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    Mareks or Ocular Mareks? Could this be why my birds are getting ill?

    HI there, I have done a few quite a few posts now about sick birds and I think I am coming to the bottom of it. Maybe? I have read a lot about Mareks but I still have some specific questions. I have had 2 birds get sick and I have had to kill from things that were a little different. One had...
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    General poor chicken health... Why?

    Yea I will probably never get that breed again. Although I do like there personalities. They are so friendly and adventurous. They are the only birds I have that will venture out in the snow too. However, I have had a lot of issues with reproduction. One of the birds I still has gets puffed up...
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    General poor chicken health... Why?

    Thanks again for the input. It is funny you brought up the shutter idea because my husband also mentioned it just yesterday. That could work. It would have to be plastic though since I did not want to block out the light when it was closed in really cold windy winter days. I defiantly will be...
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    General poor chicken health... Why?

    Thanks for the thoughts/advice! I defiantly thought about that with the breed having more health issues since they are a production breed. I really like that breed for their personality but I will probably never get a high production breed again. I have gotten some really large eggs from those...
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    General poor chicken health... Why?

    I am just looking for some general advice here. I have a sick chicken at this moment who I can only figure has possibly water belly or something like internal laying. She is a red sex link. I got her and 6 other hens a year and a half ago as already mature layers. They were supposedly 1 or 2...
  10. Katieswan

    Help! One chicken died and now another is acting sick.

    I am really struggling to figure out what is going on with my chickens. Around a month ago I got two buff orpintons that were probably 2 or 3 months old. Supposedly they were siblings of another one I got a few weeks before them. Suddenly one of the new buff orpintons started acting ill. I...
  11. Katieswan

    Very Lethargic Pullet with closed eye and not eating and drinking!

    Thanks for the idea. I did indeed loose her tonight.
  12. Katieswan

    Very Lethargic Pullet with closed eye and not eating and drinking!

    So today when I went out she is a lot worse. Her bad eye is opening more but I can see now it is very red. She seems to have fluid coming out of her mouth! When I open it up I cannot see down her throat like I can with my older hens. I have started giving her some tetracycline in her water but...
  13. Katieswan

    Very Lethargic Pullet with closed eye and not eating and drinking!

    So a couple weeks ago, I came outside and suddenly one of my 3 month old pullets had a closed eye. I thought it got pecked on by an older hen while out free ranging with them. It did not look very swollen or have any puss coming out from it. I decided to leave it and see it if healed on its own...
  14. Katieswan

    Chicken suddenly will not open eye! Possible injury or illness?

    Thanks! Hopefully she's ok. She won't even let me try to open it to see if something's in there. Is any triple antibiotic oaintment ok for eyes?
  15. Katieswan

    Chicken suddenly will not open eye! Possible injury or illness?

    HI All, My almost 3 month old buff orp was out free ranging in the yard with the big hens. There was plenty of space for them to stay away from each other. However, I think that maybe one of my big girls may have pecked the little one in the eye. She was completely fine and an hour later her...
  16. Katieswan

    10 week old chick wobbly on legs and curled toes

    Looking for some advice on my 10 week old chick. She seems to be wobbly on her legs. She can walk and stand up but it seems that her feet turn out more and her hock joints seem to almost touch when she walks. I can see flexibility or instability in her "hip" area. Also two of her toes on one...
  17. Katieswan

    Chicken laying lash "egg" is someting wrong with my flock?

    Sorry to hear your dealing with this too. My bird go laid the lash egg has been laying normal eggs since and acting broody. However she has had a day of looking unwell too. I have also had a couple other birds have ill days now. It comes and goes. I too have tried to treat with Epsom salt bath...
  18. Katieswan

    Chicken laying lash "egg" is someting wrong with my flock?

    So Yes, I have taken the advice from the chicken chick and realize she knows what she is talking about when it comes to chickens. My chicken is still doing well and no more lash eggs. I also saw her sitting in a nest box with an egg under her). Good sign I think. However, I did notice she has...
  19. Katieswan

    2 week old chick is suddenly not walking well

    I put some vitamins in the water and some probiotics on the food. She seems To be waking a bit better. However, her crop seems very hard now. I tried to feed her some Olive oil but in not sure if it is helping yet. Any other suggestions?
  20. Katieswan

    2 week old chick is suddenly not walking well

    Hey everyone, I have had four new chicks for a week now but they are just over two weeks old. They have been doing great until today. I went down to check on them for the third time today and one of my Dominique's does not seem to be able to walk well. She will take a few steps and sit down...
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