marek's disease

  1. Hyunsoo Moon

    Euthanizing a chicken - Please learn from my mistake

    Our chicken Coco, began to show signs of Marek's disease. Imbalance, falling asleep constantly, and random comatose like state. We euthanized another chicken, Berry, a couple weeks ago through a vet, so this was somewhat dreadfully expected. Our family was going through some other tough...
  2. K

    I don't know if I should cull my chicken!!!!!!! please help!!!

    A couple of months ago, my mom and brother came back from a birthday party with a baby chick. Turns out that the party favours were live baby chickens and my family (along with many others) had happily accepted the gift. I, on the other hand, knew that taking care of a chicken would take some...
  3. BridgettePardo

    Cockerel legs buckling, crouching, losing balance

    hi all, my 3-4 month old Easter Egger (we think he's a cockerel but not 100%) has developed a very strange gait. It is almost like his legs are buckling out from under him. He sits down to eat and drink, and will take a few normal steps but not many before his legs seem to "go out." He is eating...
  4. l8ybud

    Help! Bantam cochin doesn't have Marek's. BROKEN LEG!!!

    Hey, I thought my banty cochin had mareks. Even though she was limping, she would drink and eat and love to limp to see us, even though she was going to get picked on and possibly mounted, recently, by another lower hen. Today, I spent time with her and thought, what if I feel her legs, are they...
  5. miss egger

    HELP PLEASE!! SICK HEN, possible marek's

    Hello all! I have a sick hen. I noticed the last few days that she had been sitting around a lot, but didn't think much of it since it's been very hot. She was very responsive and would get up when I came out. Then yesterday morning I noticed she couldn't keep her balance. When she is standing...
  6. Q

    Marek's disease; should I be worried

    Hello chicken lovers, I have a quick question about marek's disease recently one of my friends chickens passed because of marek's. My friend and I are also going to be raising show chickens and selling them after a few months should I be worried about the chicks caching marek's, we got the...
  7. jomary2013

    My hen died today, can I bury her?

    I had a hen who just passed away she was my first pet and I loved her so much. I think she had Marek's disease she had all the symptoms. I was wondering if it would be okay to bury her in my backyard? I just can't imagine just throwing her in the trash or something.
  8. Harmony Homestead

    Please help! Marek's Disease?!?

    Hello and thank you in advance for your help. Please forgive the length of this post, but I want to be sure to get all the details so that hopefully someone can help. My question involves a chicken, named Eleven that was recently egg bound. She had not laid for a few days, but we've had...
  9. C

    Confirmed Marek's... now what?

    Hello, Our sick fluffs have been confirmed to have Marek's. We are still unsure of what strand as those results are still pending. We are now determining what to do. This is our first attempt at raising chickens. We started this to provide food for our family. We purchased from an exceptional...
  10. C

    Possible Marek's, please help

    https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/possible-mareks-please-help-long-post.1176278/#post-18524525 Hello all, I am new to BYC but have been reading the forum for months. My husband and I purchased 27 three day old buff orpingtons chicks from a quality breeder we found on the sustainable...
  11. C

    Possible Marek's, please help (Long post)

    Hello all, I am new to BYC but have been reading the forum for months. My husband and I purchased 27 three day old buff orpingtons chicks from a quality breeder we found on the sustainable poultry network early March 2016. They are all unvaccinated, organically fed, and are pastured raised in...
  12. L

    Please, help! Emergency, not a joke!!!

    Hello! I got 15 Cornish X from Purely Poultry (never buying from them again) when in the past three days, each day had one of them die. I didn't know what caused this, but today, another chick died. I saw the legs, and it looked exactly like Marek's!!! I just realized that every one of those...
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