Serena Morgan
In the Brooder
Hey everyone, I’m in a bit of a pickle! I had 2 vaccinated Warren chickens, sisters, POL. Had them for 18 months, lovely with no issues. One of them suddenly became very ill, random symptoms but the vet said they thought it was Marek’s disease and my chicken was put down. I had been quarantining her but I am now worried the other chicken could have it. Now 2 weeks since 1 of my chickens died and the other one seems to not have noticed! Happy and normal. However, I am aware this is not the best life for her (alone) and would like to get 1, maybe 2 new chickens. The introduction of new chickens will be hard anyways because of age difference and if I add 2 birds and I obviously do not want my new or existing chickens to become ill or die as my experience with this has been quite traumatic. How do I know if my chicken has Marek (but is just not showing symptoms) ? If so (I assume) it will be passed around my new birds and ending in destruction of my flock, nso please any advise is appreciated