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The picture is really clear but I have seen her blink so I know the eyelid is functioning properly.

Its not her 3rd eyelid. Its an injury to her eye or a cataract or ocular Mareks

Thanks. Another possibility is that all my other birds could be vaccinated as I got them from reputable sources except for my silkies, but they still could be. I know this bird wasnt. I hear you on the research, I have done sooo much reading about Mareks but even if she doesnt have it I’m a...

Yes I’ve heard that too. She just has never been sick. Eating, drinking, laying and normal poop so I think after this amount of time its okay for me to rule it out. Unfortunately all the testing requires her to be dead but she isnt sick. Also, I have 6 other birds that are all totally fine...

Does anyone know if I can rule out Mareks at this point purely from the fact that this has been going on too long without any decline? I think the eye thing showed up early Jan and the balance started in December sometime? I did some roost practice with her again and she did a bit better on...

Well today another giant double yolker. The last one came after not laying for a few days but she has been laying consistently. Today she is very anxious about something and she is also becoming quite aggressive with my little silkie pullet. I’ve been bringing her in the house to hangout to...

After this pointy egg she laid a giant double yolker and has been laying regular eggs consistently so it looks like she just had a bad few days reproduction wise. She seems very healthy but still isn’t roosting. We built a little roost for her about 8 inches off the ground but she isn’t using...

And today, a pointy egg:idunno We haven’t had her a place to roost as she is in with 2 silkies and in the cold I wanted to encourage them all to sleep together huddled. I put a roost in today and she is unable to hold herself up on it. Like she tries to sit back on her haunches and that...

So she quit laying for awhile (3-5 days) and seemed to get a lot better as far as balance. I also gave her an entire fish carcass. But then today this. The small one is a soft shell. The regular size one is slightly bigger then her usual eggs.

I know :( I’ve read almost every Mareks article out there. But she is healthy. She lays, she eats, she drinks, she kicks the other chickens asses if they try to get near the treats...there’s more to it I think.

Ohhh noooooo! This one happened in my kitchen 😅

Update: today I gave the chickens blueberries with their greens for supplements. She ate all of them. Terrible things are coming out her behind now. Helpful tip: if you want to give your chickens blueberries, please do so in MODERATION

What is AI? As far as the flock goes, there isn't much I can do. I have 4 to be integrated but they are in such close proximity to each other that they have been exposed too. So far everyone is totally healthy.

So I’ve been supplementing her for a few days and the compulsive foraging behaviour seems to have stopped. A few things could be causing this as I also started putting out a bowl of oyster shell the same time, the temp has come up in our area a LOT (we’re talking 40 degrees) and she seems more...

Yes I am diet supplementing to rule Mareks out. I am hoping for a vitamin deficiency and a coincidental eye injury. Watching and treating her as if she has a vitamin deficiency is about the only thing I can do.

Thank you for the information, and sorry for your loss :( she doesn’t do anything strange with her wing but she stumbles here and there. If I pick her up and set her down she goes right down on her haunches every single time. Like she doesn’t bear weight on her legs when being put down. But...

Keeping this post updated for future chicken keepers seeking advice for similar symptoms. Supplementing Beyonce’s diet with meat and mixed greens with a lot of spinach. She loves rib bones. LOVES. She still seems healthy and fine apart from the unsteadiness. I feel like this has been going...

After doing so much research and stressing about Mareks, I am going to try and get her riboflavin/B2 levels up and cross my fingers that things get better. I noticed her take a step today with her toes curled on one foot. She is foraging like crazy in the coop and she is a smart bird so maybe...

Its the same hen. That post was made before I noticed the unsteadiness so it was just about the eye. But am I noticing the unsteadiness because I googled the eye cloudiness and read about Mareks? She has no other symptoms...yet...I just wish I knew. Especially since I have 2 other birds in...

It could be. Its just one eye. Not sure if its her close or far sighted one. She seems totally fine apart from these 2 things. The eye has just put Mareks in my brain and the unsteadiness isn’t helping...