Chick with no balance?? Mareks or botulism...

[Eggcessive]

Sorry about your chick. If you keep her body refrigerated, you can contact your nearest poultry lab to get a necropsy to find out if it was Mareks. What province are you in? The body can be driven or shipped overnight on ice packs.

 

[SoCha]

Sorry about your chick. If you keep her body refrigerated, you can contact your nearest poultry lab to get a necropsy to find out if it was Mareks. What province are you in? The body can be driven or shipped overnight on ice packs.

We are in quebec, and we will probably do that if it isn’t too complicated, is it free?

 

[Eggcessive]

I doubt that it is free, but here is a link where you can contact them, and explain that it is a backyard chicken to find out a cause of death:
https://www.medvet.umontreal.ca/ServiceDiagnostic/pdf/Listes%20analyses/Tests_Poultry_ENG.pd

 

[seminolewind]

Sorry for your loss. I would definitely try to send a bird with those symptoms to a lab. 6-12 weeks is prime time for Marek's symptoms, but that's a guideline, not a rule. Please watch for any others in your flock to have symptoms.

 

[igorsMistress]

I'm sorry for the loss of your little one