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...
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...
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?
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...