mareks disease

  1. ChicksLoveOregon

    Is there a disease with symptoms similar to Marek's?

    My ignorance with regards to proper chicken husbandry is going to be ever so obvious in this post. I have a chicken that I think has Marek's disease... Last night I read the detailed post on Marek's in this forum and it seemed to confirm my fears. The chicken in question is Hopscotch, mixed...
  2. Melenae

    Is it ok to get vaccinated chicks after confirmed Marek's?

    I got my first set of 5 chicks from a TSC here in Southern California in March 2018. We have had 3 die of Marek's disease (confirmed by necropsy at UC Davis) but my last 2 girls are doing great. They are unvaccinated though from what we were told by the sales person. I was wondering if it was ok...
  3. kimspangrude

    What is wrong with my little Maren Hen?

    Over the past three days my little pullett Maren hen has basically started to lose strength and become listless. She’s about four months old, and at two months I had to treat her for coryza (antibiotics, removal of hard exudate in eye socket; see my December posts about this) and since then she...
  4. SeaChickens

    Mareks? Is it too late for our hen?

    hi all, I have a 3 year old speckled sussex that began having symptoms a few days ago. Initially she was stumbling when she walked. I believe this started on Dec 31st but it may have been a day before, we did not let them out of their run that day. She was also lethargic and laying down a...
  5. diamondsilkies

    Marek's Vaccinations?

    (I really wasn't sure what forum to post this under, so if you see a better place for it, please let me know!) Over the summer, I had an outbreak of Marek's and lost quite a few birds, mostly young silkie pullets. All the chickens I have now lived through it and showed no symptoms of it at any...
  6. AudieWarren

    Let's talk about Mareks... Looking for people who deal with in their flock

    There is so much information floating about concerning Mareks. I'm pretty sure my flock might have it.... Thanks local auction for having the breed I was looking.... Anyway I am thinking the kind I am seeing is either visceral or.... That which effects the skin... (having a brain fart and can't...
  7. CountessHensar

    Leg injury or Mareks? (Much loved pet rooster)

    I am relatively new to poultry, and am in a dilemma over my 15 month old rooster, Cuckoo Maran Bantam, called Barry that I hatched myself and who has become a pet really. About a week ago, he went lame in one leg - and seemed to be unable to bear weight on it. I took him to the vet (not a...
  8. Farmgirl1228

    Vaccinating for Mareks

    I recently bought 10 chicks from TSC. Of course, coming from TSC they are not vaccinated. They are around 3 weeks old now. I just ordered 60 chicks from a hatchery and they will be arriving in the next week. I got the hatchery chicks vaccinated for Mareks but I am worried about the older TSC...
  9. Coye16

    2.5yr Pekin Bantam: Advice Please: Sick, Grieving or Lonely?

    Hi Everyone Abit of background: Afew weeks ago I posted a thread about my Pekin Bantam - she had a swollen eye/ earlobe with a tick on which we removed. She was lethargic & not eating much & after 2.5 days the swelling did not go down. We took her to the vet who gave her an antibiotic injection...
  10. B

    H E L P

    My chicken is unable to walk or stand. She seemed completely fine yesterday except for the fact that she was laying on my lap loosely last night. I thought it was just due to the fact that she was tired and almost asleep, but it was different than how she normally lays when sleeping. She is not...
  11. KikiLeigh02

    Gray Eye

    A friend of mine has a 16 week old bird, he showed me a picture of him and I know he is sick by looking at him. He was hunched down, his comb was pale, the base of his comb closest to his beak looks completely colorless. What really worries me is his eye though, his pupil looks irregular and...
  12. teamtmo

    Need advice on vaccinating chickens for Newcastle & Mareks

    I have three 5 week (Silver Laced Orpington) & 6 week (Easter Egger) old chicks that I want to vaccinate against Mareks before I move them outside to join my small flock of already Mareks-vaccinated chickens (They are 3 years old now). I recently found out Newcastle Disease is rampant right now...
  13. T

    My chicken just went paralyzed in one leg just after a bath. I'm worried it's mareks disease

    Hello, I'm really concerned for my chicken, she's 3 months old and out of no where after giving her a bath one of her legs just gave out and she is paralyzed in it. I've been digging around and been finding alot of people saying it's mareks disease.. but I also found other things.. does Marek's...
  14. blakeee

    Hen hasn't been able to stand for weeks?

    Hello there! I have posted another thread about my chicken, Lucky, who started limping and then couldn't walk at all and died. I was told that it was probably Marek's disease and I had come to terms with that. However, one of my other chickens was having chicks and I was terrified that they...
  15. PollyGirl21

    bright red comb????

    hi! I am babysitting my aunt's hen who was recently attacked by a fox, probably has Mareks, and has a runny nose. My question here is about her strangely bright red comb and waddle. It isn't usually this red, and when I put my hand near it, I can feel it emitting heat. She is very bright-eyed...
  16. Cottonwood7

    Mareks in pre-vaccinated started pullets??

    Hi, I've had 5 or 6 backyard hens for years and done great with them. They have a nice medium-sized coop and run for night-time, and free-range in my grassy back yard with lots of tree and bush cover so I've only lost one to a hawk over the years.. Because they're all now 6 years old, and laying...
  17. heartsandwings

    Concerned about Mareks...

    My grandparents had two chickens, one of which got sick. They don't really know what they are doing so we took the chicken home (a little Australorp bantam) to nurse it back to health. We kept it completely separate from my chooks, in a cat carrier. We washed our hands very well every time. I...
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