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  1. Haunted55

    Not an Emergency...Marek's in the Flock

    I've never done the Rangers myself. I have and do the meaties and never bother to vaccinate them. I don't know that I'd bother with the vaccination myself. The worst that could happen is you have some who do become symptomatic. Just mean an early culling. Yes, you can eat the birds even if...
  2. Haunted55

    Not an Emergency...Marek's in the Flock

    Nambroth, I was reading something last year about a man who was trying to make a 'hair spray' for his infected birds from potato starch. His idea was that if the feathers could be stiffened, like women used to wear their hair, there would be a lot less sheds being put into the air. Especially...
  3. Haunted55

    Not an Emergency...Marek's in the Flock

    Actually Seminole, from what I see here, it doesn't matter if they are exposed or not. I wasn't trying to immunize babies from the disease. That here is impossible. What is happening is birds that I know are infected and not just exposed, are actually living normal lives. Paralysis and or...
  4. Haunted55

    Not an Emergency...Marek's in the Flock

    Kim, I think it has to do with the constant exposure to the Turkey Marek's. As we all know, this is the most used vaccine out there for home and hatchery alike. Now some of the hatcheries have 3 or more they are giving, but we as home raisers of poultry cannot get the others. Just the plain...
  5. Haunted55

    Not an Emergency...Marek's in the Flock

    Define nicer....Turkeys are Turkeys. If they are shown that they are a flock animal when they are young, they do alright. I do not put up with any crap from my Turkeys. I don't care how big they get or how puffed up the Toms think they are. Simply grab them by the back of their neck and hold...
  6. Haunted55

    Not an Emergency...Marek's in the Flock

    Put it in their water and give in a syringe. I would do 1/8 tsp. per shot. Maybe 3 times a day. Kathy, have your Turkeys been exposed to wild Turkeys? Mine have been. I know they have Turkey Marek's. Remember the thread from last year with the pictures i posted of the lumps and stuff...
  7. Haunted55

    Not an Emergency...Marek's in the Flock

    I haven't posted in a while, but let me pass something on that I have learned the hard way. I started this thread a long time ago it seems, but I will tell you something, it's a good thing. I have lost a lot of my babies to this miserable disease and have fought and sought to find a way to...
  8. Haunted55

    Not an Emergency...Marek's in the Flock

    Kathy, this is what I saw here. I didn't have much with paralysis when their eyes went funky, just a slight stumble in their gait. This would then turn more grey and then the pupil would become misshapened. This was a death knell for mine. Once the changes started, the decline was very...
  9. Haunted55

    Not an Emergency...Marek's in the Flock

    For me, ocular means bye-bye. I have never had one survive it.
  10. Haunted55

    Not an Emergency...Marek's in the Flock

    Good to see you got here GQ! No, I have observed similar things in my birds as well. I have found there really aren't any hard and fast rules with this crap. Well there are, but not when they are first starting with it. Mine had the problems with the cocci, constantly, but the 'hunching' and...
  11. Haunted55

    Not an Emergency...Marek's in the Flock

    It's very okay to post here. I would suggest you stop the poly and switch to a human Super B Complex vitamin, crushed and added to a gallon of water. You can keep it in your fridge for 24 hrs. if you don't need all of it at once. Only water source available to the bird for a week to 10 days...
  12. Haunted55

    Not an Emergency...Marek's in the Flock

    Please do Nambroth. I may be able to see my way clear for a home lab soon as well. Kathy, we'll compare notes, lol. Yes, I am still following as much as I can, but life is getting in the way of responding.
  13. Haunted55

    Not an Emergency...Marek's in the Flock

    A word to the wise...if it doesn't say Herpes, chances are it won't. Oxine activated is what I use or bleach and water mix. Regular Lysol spray will work on their roost if it's allowed to dry after application.
  14. Haunted55

    Not an Emergency...Marek's in the Flock

    Doesn't look like Marek's, more like ingrown feather.
  15. Haunted55

    Not an Emergency...Marek's in the Flock

    Seminole, it sucks to hear this. I am so very sorry. I just had another lost to Marek's as well and not quite sure why. Seabright roo, one of the 'mystery' chicks sent out from McMurray. Vaccinated with all 3 types and was doing fantastic. Had to move the new birds into my main chicken...
  16. Haunted55

    Not an Emergency...Marek's in the Flock

    St. John's doesn't work for mine at all. Turmeric does as it acts as a blood cleanser and I believe actually takes some of it out of circulation. The hemp oil I've never tried so can't give any opinion on that. Please include a Super B Complex vitamin as well.
  17. Haunted55

    Not an Emergency...Marek's in the Flock

    Farmgirl, to be honest it sounds as if the bird had a bad case of Gleet and maybe Marek's. Not sure about that. The classic front and back leg make me think so but without seeing the overall, I can't be sure. I agree with Seminole, check to see that the feed is good, your birds havent been...
  18. Haunted55

    Not an Emergency...Marek's in the Flock

    I think I would term this more as a consequence rather than a cause. Yeah, I know, fine line there, but let me ramble on...if a tumor from Marek's was pushing on a nerve, I would call it cause. If on the other hand the Marek's fouled up the digestive system and brought about...
  19. Haunted55

    Not an Emergency...Marek's in the Flock

    Oh Cripes kathy! Reversable or are they gone? The drunken sounds like the start of occular to me.
  20. Haunted55

    Not an Emergency...Marek's in the Flock

    If this is Marek's, and it sounds like some of the symptoms I endured, it sounds as if you may have a virulent strain your bird or birds have been exposed to. Were any of these birds vaccinated for this disease?
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