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As a rule, chickens should not suffer from coccidiosis after their initial vulnerability as chicks because they develop resistance and should certainly not require routine Corid treatment as adults. The only time adult birds are prone to coccidiosis is if you move them to a new location where...

Yes, vaccinated birds can still get Marek's. A bit like flu in humans, there are different strains and the vaccine will not be effective against all of them. The birds need to be vaccinated for Marek's at hatch (or even in vitro) and then reared for a period of about 3 weeks in a Marek's free...

I would research the options for necropsy in your area and be prepared to refrigerate and send off the next one you lose to your state diagnostics lab or maybe even sacrifice one of the lame ones so that you know for sure what you are dealing with.

I think it would be responsible to find out what is causing the lameness and death before rehoming the surplus cockerels to anyone wishing to keep them with other birds or consider butchering them yourself or having someone butcher them. There is a good chance that the lameness and death are due...