Do my chicks have mareks or just trying to dust bath

[Bryce Thomas]

Do my 2 chicks have mareks? I have check for: Alertness, activeness, clear eyes and good manure consistency and its all good so are they just trying to have a dust bath?

 

[Bryce Thomas]

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Do my 2 chicks have mareks? I have check for: Alertness, activeness, clear eyes and good manure consistency and its all good so are they just trying to have a dust bath?

Just so it is known they have never been around other chickens, not even song birds outback or even their own mom or dad

 

[sourland]

What makes you think they may have Mareks?

 

[Aapomp831]

A dust bathing chicken does just that - bathes in dirt. You’ll see them scratch an area out in the dirt and they will roll in it similar to how a dog rolls; throwing the dirt up and under their feathers.
A chicken with mareks will seizure and fal over spontaneously and have very obvious neurological issues. Your chicks are probably just instinctually dust bathing.