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previously jwehl // dogs & cats & squirrels oh my!
1) Whiting (new breed from McMurray), 6 wks, same size as ths others afaik
2) The typical curled toes / cant use legs thing that is probably Mareks. Bright, alert, eating and drinking on her own as long as its within reach without getting up.
3) Started yesterday. I saw her during the day laid down with a leg out but I thought she was just stretching / dust bathing. Last night she was in the same spot and not on the roost and I noticed her legs arent working
4) Afaik it's just her. Everyone else was roosting last night. BUT she roosted two nights ago so its fast.
5) Afaik no trauma just very sad legs.
6) Mareks probably but I'm hoping someone has another answer.
7) Chick starter with amprolium & plain water. And whatever she finds in the dirt in the pen. I've given them some weeds and homegrown lettuce before but nothing with pesticides and nothing mouldy.
8) Poop looks normal but it was covered in food so I dunno for sure.
update: fresh stinky poop
updated
update #2: normal poop
9) All I've done is brought her in so she can sit with food and water within reach and not get trampled by her clutch-mates
10 ) My treatment hopes would be to fix her but lol I know that's unlikely.
11) Pictures attached
12) She lives in a pen that's roughly 14' by 7' with 19 other same-age birds. The floor is dirt. Its previously had pine straw and leaves so theres probably bits of that in there too.
I have had a bird die of Mareks before but I've had many healthy birds since then. My current flock is American game crossed with Orpington so I fear they may be heartier than this new designer breed I've taken on. Please spare me the Mareks lectures; I am aware of its contagious nature and that it's "preventable" with the vaccine. I am opposed to the vaccine since **it doesnt actually prevent the virus, it just masks it, allowing the bird to be a carrier**.
2) The typical curled toes / cant use legs thing that is probably Mareks. Bright, alert, eating and drinking on her own as long as its within reach without getting up.
3) Started yesterday. I saw her during the day laid down with a leg out but I thought she was just stretching / dust bathing. Last night she was in the same spot and not on the roost and I noticed her legs arent working
4) Afaik it's just her. Everyone else was roosting last night. BUT she roosted two nights ago so its fast.
5) Afaik no trauma just very sad legs.
6) Mareks probably but I'm hoping someone has another answer.
7) Chick starter with amprolium & plain water. And whatever she finds in the dirt in the pen. I've given them some weeds and homegrown lettuce before but nothing with pesticides and nothing mouldy.
8) Poop looks normal but it was covered in food so I dunno for sure.
update: fresh stinky poop
updated
update #2: normal poop
9) All I've done is brought her in so she can sit with food and water within reach and not get trampled by her clutch-mates
10 ) My treatment hopes would be to fix her but lol I know that's unlikely.
11) Pictures attached
12) She lives in a pen that's roughly 14' by 7' with 19 other same-age birds. The floor is dirt. Its previously had pine straw and leaves so theres probably bits of that in there too.
I have had a bird die of Mareks before but I've had many healthy birds since then. My current flock is American game crossed with Orpington so I fear they may be heartier than this new designer breed I've taken on. Please spare me the Mareks lectures; I am aware of its contagious nature and that it's "preventable" with the vaccine. I am opposed to the vaccine since **it doesnt actually prevent the virus, it just masks it, allowing the bird to be a carrier**.
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