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  1. cocosandy

    Mareks disease in a vaccinated hen?

    The end with Mareks is actually terrible...they get worse and worse and thenare pretty much laying in the own poop and unable to get food or water if you dont help them. She should be eating and maybe you should give her some meat baby food or yogurt and oatmeal. Mareks birds usually keep eating...
  2. cocosandy

    Mareks disease in a vaccinated hen?

    I would use Oxine. You mix it with water and put it in a spray bottle. its a very good cleanerand is usda approved for use in poultry houses. You can also put a little amount in their water to keep down slime and bacteria....google it and see.... mareks is spread by dander and dust so be aware...
  3. cocosandy

    Mareks disease in a vaccinated hen?

    having been through this and consulted extensively with the vet extension for my state, I can say that its possible to have one bird come down with it. Vaccinated birds dont get symptoms so if they are run down somehow they will get it and die. If a bird gets the tail end of the vaccinations in...
  4. cocosandy

    Mareks disease in a vaccinated hen?

    The only way to know is to treat her for other things that it may be...they dont always even see mareks on first inspection in necropsy; its actually tumors on the nerve endings...and Ive had them come to the conclusion of mareks by ruling other things out. I find that they live along OK as long...
  5. cocosandy

    Mareks disease in a vaccinated hen?

    The Vaccine is not 100% effective. It also has to be used within a time frame from when its mixed, so if that chick was at the very end, it may have been old. The stiff leg is like mareks and the increasing paralysis is like mareks, but the only way to know would be to necropsy her. Your state...
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