marek's

  1. NancyNurseCxMama

    Marek's---good article

    I believe I am dealing with this now in one of my chicks. It's heartbreaking. At this point we are looking at euthanasia, which we were going to do ourselves. But we found a vet who treats chickens and will euthanize and also do a necropsy. We really want a definitive answer on what devastated...
  2. NancyNurseCxMama

    Not injury---looks like Marek's

    My poor sweet Rocky, nearly 8 weeks old, looks like she has Marek's. I thought at first that she had injured her leg---although always smaller than my other six chicks, she was feisty and always the first to do daring things like get up on the brooder roost or leap to the top of the waterer...
  3. C

    Eat or not to eat because Marek's

    Hello all. Me again. We have Marek's in our flock. Females tend to spontaneously die and our males tend to present with neuro/ abnormal gate. I know it is not transferable to humans or dogs. I know eggs are ok too. We currently have a 10lb ish bird with the inability to walk. Should we eat him...
  4. C

    marek's vaccine - all or nothing for flock?

    I'm still in planning phase for chickens. I would like to have standard pullets and bantam pullets. Ideally I would like to pick up one group this year and the other group next year. I had originally planned on all the birds being vaccinated for mareks but I'm noticing it is more difficult to...
  5. 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...
  6. 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...
  7. 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...
  8. 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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