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  1. Airyaman

    Rookie backyard chicken keeper...with Marek's

    Two updates: CCL pullet recovered, but hasn't laid eggs since. I have two CCL pullets, neither are laying right now. One went broody and stopped laying, the other was the one time sick one. Both appear to be relatively healthy now, just not laying. Which interestingly seems to make them less...
  2. Airyaman

    Rookie backyard chicken keeper...with Marek's

    Good news and bad... Good news is that the lame Black Australorp pullet has mostly recovered! Never was sure it was Marek's for her, but in any case, I checked on her before closing up for the night a few days back and could not find her! So I decided to look up and there she was on a ceiling...
  3. Airyaman

    First hawk attack!

    Interestingly enough, I have not seen any hawks since the attack. Sadly, the pullet it attacked did die, but not from the attack, but complications of Marek's.
  4. Airyaman

    Rookie backyard chicken keeper...with Marek's

    Final report confirms it was Marek's, as I suspected. The rest of my flocks seem to be holding on, none showing any signs, even diarrhea. The one last chicken I have with any symptoms seems to becoming more mobile (she had good use of one leg), putting a little bit of weight on her bad leg. She...
  5. Airyaman

    Rookie backyard chicken keeper...with Marek's

    I wish mine were just that minor. I lost 8/8 from the first flock to show symptoms, and now 1 each from two different flocks. I also have two with leg issues, one completely mobile (well, 95%, she can struggle around and ends up sideways!), and one who has good use of only one leg. I'm not...
  6. Airyaman

    First hawk attack!

    The one that hopped away is a BA and the one attacked is a Bielefelder. The BA hopped over to the edge of the fenced in area with my other flocks and there were two BJG cockerels next to her. I don't think the hawk was ready to tangle with those two.
  7. Airyaman

    First hawk attack!

    I have some reflective gadgets spread throughout my "free range" area, and it seems to have kept the hawks at bay. But I have a couple of Marek's inflicted birds with leg problems and I had them sitting in the grass away from area (I try to get them outside a few hours a day to get sun), and a...
  8. Airyaman

    Rookie backyard chicken keeper...with Marek's

    One of my oldest girls, a CCL (if you consider 35 weeks "old"), died last week. She had diarrhea for a week or more, and then she passed. I sent her off for a necroscopy and judging by what they've reported thus far, it seems she had the visceral form of Marek's. The report is not complete as...
  9. Airyaman

    Sour crop or...?

    Actually she just died a few minutes ago. If I had to guess, and I did not mention it in the OP, I have Mareks in my flocks. It wiped out all of the birds in one of my flocks, and I think it has now claimed two of my older pullets, this being one of them. I was hoping it was not Mareks as the...
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    Sour crop or...?

    To add, I also plan to try to give her some greek yogurt if she'll eat it.
  11. Airyaman

    Sour crop or...?

    I have a 34 week old Barnevelder who I noticed a few days ago had feces stuck to her hind feathers. Then over the last few days I noted she was less active than her flock mates and she certainly has not been laying. She is also been hesitant to eat. I am still going to do a fecal float to check...
  12. Airyaman

    What's Up With All These Sick Chickens?

    Chickens can't tell us what's wrong and many can't really afford to take their chickens to the vet. So we ask questions here instead.
  13. Airyaman

    Unknown breed: boy or girl?

    Thanks everyone. The reason I thought she was a he was because she acts like a cockerel and has a pea comb (which I have not had before). No crowing, but the obvious cockerel doesn't either because I think the other boys in the area keep him quiet. She'll tussle with the cockerel from time to...
  14. Airyaman

    Unknown breed: boy or girl?

    I do OK with known breeds and the typical non pea combs when determining sex, but I ended up hatching eggs from what was supposed to be Bielefelders and I got a classic "barnyard mix" instead (though one cockerel is close to the right breed). I have one gray colored chicken at 17 weeks that I...
  15. Airyaman

    Rookie backyard chicken keeper...with Marek's

    Interestingly enough, she is still not wanting to put any weight on that foot and can't roost, but (knock on wood) she has not gone further in the Marek's type symptoms. No actual signs of paralysis. Not sure what to make of it, not bumblefoot any anything obvious. She has been isolated so not...
  16. Airyaman

    I'm looking for a heat plate that will be on when plugged in. (edited to make clearer)

    I've bought two of these, but only used them as brooder plates. Easy to get (if you have a tractor supply) and only uses a rocker switch for temp settings (heat plate or brooder)...
  17. Airyaman

    I'm looking for a heat plate that will be on when plugged in. (edited to make clearer)

    Phew, I was feeling bad when my flocks were at 22F last night. Most of them have coop space, but my oldest flock has a modified space I gave them since they decided to take over the run that was meant to be split up between two flocks (it's a long story). They have been roosting in the ceiling...
  18. Airyaman

    Rookie backyard chicken keeper...with Marek's

    Thanks! With Marek's I suppose it's a matter of "when", not "if" your other chickens will get it. Today one of my older pullets (30 weeks), a Black Australorp, started walking with a limp. I know what's next. I could wish that she just hurt it but she shows zero pain when I work with the...
  19. Airyaman

    Rookie backyard chicken keeper...with Marek's

    I am already done with chicken keeping. I enjoy my chickens. I think this is a great hobby and I would have loved to keep it up for years. Marek's changed that. Until now, I had not seen any symptoms in other flocks, but that has changed. I have two Bielefelder pullets going on 23 weeks that...
  20. Airyaman

    Rookie backyard chicken keeper...with Marek's

    Only 2 are left out of the 8 in this flock. I thought the cockerel was going to make it through. He did not. He died earlier today. He was fine, then the eyes went, and then paralysis... I am left with a blind lame pullet and another who has had some weird skin disease for months now. I am...
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