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I would just be careful about washing your hands and change shoes and clothes when handling the older chickens, and when you go back to take care of the chicks. Chicks who are vaccinated can take 2 weeks to develop immunity to Mareks. There are many who raise chicks and have Mareks in their...

Here is another very good article about Mareks from someone who has dealt with it in her flock—she also is raising new chicks this year: https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/the-great-big-giant-mareks-disease-faq.66077/

Can you describe some of the symptoms you have seen with the chickens thought to have had Mareks? There can be several diseases that can look like Mareks. You could vaccinate the lone chick, but the vaccine comes in a 1000 dose package. It has to be used within an hour I believe. To get a...