7 w old BO temporary whole body paralysis????? merek's?

[thespinningcottage]

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I'm sure there isn't a person on this forum who hasn't had to learn SOMETHING the hard way. It sounds like you've done an amazing amount of learning, to me you sound very knowledgable.

 

[Jasmine1998]

That sounds exactly like one of my BO chicks. I did figure out what she was doing but it scared the crap out of me the first time it happened. When she dust bathes she looks like she is having a siezure because she is so violent about it. Apparantly she makes herself so weak from this she can't move. Sometimes it is her whole body, sometimes it is only 1/2 of her body. It takes about 15-20 minutes of laying still & then she is perfectly normal. I have seen 1 other of my chicks do this but it recovered much more quickly than her.

 

[babsbag]

Just an FYI.

Birds can recover from Marek's. I agree that it is rare, and I don't think it happens over night, but sometimes the paralysis does go away and the bird is a carrier. I have 3 that have died from Marek's, but I am not culling my entire flock because of it. Some will get it, some will not. I know I am always infected, but that still doesn't mean a death sentence for all the birds I have.

Just my .02 worth.