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Ok this is helpful. Thank you. You also might be right about a fungal infection too, so I'm looking at calling my vet as well.
The vet didn't think it was Aspergillus, because the only symptom she has is that she isn't walking. She has no nose or mouth drainage, no wheezing, no trouble breathing, no outstretched neck. She does pant but not all the time.Hmmm...she is not doing well if she is laying down when she poops.
It could be injury. It might be aspergillis (fungal infection) or botulism as well. Check to make sure those lawn clippings aren't molding at the bottom if you pulled them out of a previously used lawn mower bag that had older clippings.
The other thought is indeed Marek's.
The Marek's vaccination is not 100% and it does not provide immunity. It is considered a "leaky" vaccine which merely helps to prevent the tumors that grow from the major strains of the virus. The birds still acquire Marek's but if the vaccination has done its job, they don't develop the dangerous tumors.
However, Marek's, being a virus, is also morphing, so like the flu virus, you can get a strain that is not covered by the vaccination, or your bird simply is more vulnerable to the virus.
Hopefully she will snap out of it. I personally would give her some liquid calcium supplement in case she has dangerously low levels. That might help too since this has happened at point of lay (but Marek's often hits at that stage too).
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LofMc
and she really isn't paralyzed because her feet kick and move when I pick her up..I'm stumped..however she is moving around on her elbows today..so better than yesterday..