mereks disease

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    Is this mereks poop?

    Is this mereks poop? It's not "lime green" like I've seen photos online. But it's a green shade. They 100% haven't eaten anything green at all. 6 week old chicks. chicks all are sneezing with some being listless. They've been on amoxicillin and now tylosin for a few days and most seem to be...
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    Vaccinating Adult Chickens with Mereks??

    Hi, recently one of my 2 year old hens passed away after a necropsy and testing another hen. Both tests show that have/had mereks disease. I know most people typically vaccinate chicks as soon as possible, unfortunately in this case I do not believe they were vaccinated. I’ve seen a lot of back...
  3. A

    Could this be Ocular Mereks? What to do

    I wasn’t sure how to post a picture but the link below goes to a picture of the hens eye. I’ve never seen an eye look like this and her other eye looks completely normal. She is definitely blind or partially blind in the affected eye. I’m not sure if it’s an injury or if she is sick and could...
  4. Spring Fleet Chickens

    Sick, sneezing, wheezing, skinny !!PLEASE HELP!!

    Good morning everyone, I am at a loss right now as to what to do. I have some kind of upper respiratory in my flock. I have no idea where it came from. It starts out as a sneeze, then wheezing, then swollen sinuses and eyes with discharge, a coughing sound, clear-ish discharge from the mouth if...
  5. Z

    Paralyzed and worms?

    Hello, I have a silky rooster who, about a week ago, started limping. It was very slight the first day, then the next he was lying down to eat, and on the third day i had turned a dog kennel into a hospital because he wouldnt get up at all. He also eats very minimum and only notceably drinks...
  6. themidnightmama

    Hen not putting weight on legs.

    I have a 2-month-old white leghorn hen who is not putting any weight on her legs. It started about a week ago, when I noticed she was not putting weight on one leg. I brought her inside to watch her. I ruled out bumble foot since I see no evidence. My next thought was a possible injury, and I...
  7. kemoldenhauer

    Mereks disease

    After 23 yrs of raising birds, My flock finally has it. Booooooo!. lost 3 hen hatched-3 month olds already. Need to cull a few older birds that show signs of infection but seem ok. I have read all I can about it. Wondering tho.. if it is a herpes virus, couldn’t I give them an L-Lysine...
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