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  1. Airyaman

    Rookie backyard chicken keeper...with Marek's

    Oops, the stuff I bought is weak :p. Have to give more! Getting the Maple Leaf Sciences brand is a little tough.
  2. Airyaman

    Rookie backyard chicken keeper...with Marek's

    I did a search and found the dosage, now to figure out how to feed it to them. I gave a boy (yeah, why am I trying to save that guy?) a mixture of ~450g of the extract, greek yogurt and the mini pellet feed and he gulped it all down. The other two, no dice. The boy is in the worse shape, he's...
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    Fermented food jars keep cracking??

    What kind of jars, canning or leftover from some store items?
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    Marek's or something else?

    So one of the examiners was in the lobby when I dropped off my pullet. We talked for several moments about Marek's and she made some interesting comments. 1) you can vaccinate up to 10 days from hatch as long as they are in a clean (no Marek infested dander flying around) brooder inside. The 1...
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    Chinese Skullcap root extract for Marek's

    Lol, thanks Dr. No.
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    Marek's or something else?

    Thanks. Since none of the others appears to showing any symptoms, I am going to wait and see if they find anything in the initial examination. Yes, this will be a state lab.
  7. Airyaman

    Chinese Skullcap root extract for Marek's

    I got my delivery of Chinese Skullcap root extract yesterday. It says it is dissolvable in hot water but I have my doubts. Has anyone used this yet? What's some good ways to prepare? Here is what I have: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08NT6MFGJ Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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    Marek's or something else?

    My first hatched chicken, and first egg layer. She was also the only one I ever allowed to perch on me (though I had to cover my ears!). I've kept dogs and cats my whole life. Chickens are alot harder! They seem to have so much that can go wrong with them.
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    Marek's or something else?

    Why would you say "highly unlikely"? She had all of the symptoms of gapeworm except I could not see them. But then I really don't know how to look. If it is gapeworm I think I should get the results pretty quick but for Marek's it will be longer (they send it to another lab for extensive...
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    Marek's or something else?

    She passed last night. I had been treating with VetRX and waiting for the vet to open today, hoping she would make it. I only have amoxycillin and I know it does nothing for respiratory illnesses, so did not try. Her comb was not turning blue so I thought she might make it one more day. Last...
  11. Airyaman

    Rookie backyard chicken keeper...with Marek's

    I just obtained some Chinese skullcap root extract. Anyone have a clue how I would go about giving this to them? Says it is 100% dissolvable in hot water. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08NT6MFGJ
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    Marek's or something else?

    I found an old dog crate my son used to have, probably one of the biggest you can find (his dog weighs 100 lbs). I put it back together and in the corner of her run because I know she didn't like being left alone in a bathroom in a collapsible pet playpen! She is breathing OK and she is drinking...
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    Marek's or something else?

    So overnight after she calmed down and slept her breathing this morning, while still not the best, is much better. Here's something to add: when I turned the light on in the room she is in, she was breathing through an open beak, but no where near as bad as last night. Then she sneezed and she...
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    Rookie backyard chicken keeper...with Marek's

    The eggs were cleaned prior to incubating.
  15. Airyaman

    Marek's or something else?

    I believe one of my flocks has Marek's because of many signs and a necroscopy of one dead pullet (no PCR though). Here is that thread: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/rookie-backyard-chicken-keeper-with-mareks.1674902/post-28789530 Now I have another chicken from another flock that...
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    Rookie backyard chicken keeper...with Marek's

    Yes, my very first chicken is "Pixie" (I've only named 4 chickens so far out of dozens!). She was a lone Speckled Sussex out 6 eggs. My plan with the new group was to eventually integrate her with this flock. Marek's changed that obviously. But now I'm concerned about her, she has been acting...
  17. Airyaman

    Rookie backyard chicken keeper...with Marek's

    Marek's doesn't pass down through eggs. Not sure where it came from, but after reading alot about it, it could be anywhere. Knock on wood, none of the birds outside of the flock appear to be showing any symptoms yet. As for what I'm seeing, from a distance, she has pinpoint black pupils that...
  18. Airyaman

    Airyaman's flock stories

    So my original flock is still 5 roosters and 4 hens. It seems very unideal. But it is still working for some weird reason. I know, I've read the stories and the ratios they should have but it is working. Are there screams and fights? Oh yeah. But so far nothing much has come of it. I am...
  19. Airyaman

    Rookie backyard chicken keeper...with Marek's

    Hatched from Ebay eggs. Right now the only one currently struggling with a "quality of life" is the one with the wound/sore on her face. She eats, she drinks, she maintains weight, but not much more. The one with yellow growths has a otherwise normal chicken life, and the one with weird eyes...
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    Rookie backyard chicken keeper...with Marek's

    What's weird is this this flock also has the worse feet of any of my birds. The pullets aren't too bad but both cockerels have very crooked toes. Does Marek's do anything to the toes? I'll try to get photos tomorrow to demonstrate.
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