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I'm not disagreeing, but it feels like she falls outside of the Marek's norm doesn't she? She's 10 months old. And she's been sick for... a long time 8-10 weeks, maybe longer? I thought Marek's usually kills fairly quickly? Nothing else really showing symptoms except this one that seems fairly different. Maybe I'm just rationalizing. Anything is possible. Some hens in this flock will be 8 years old here in a few months. Editing to add that she does check a few boxes for symptoms, pale comb swollen face... but seems like that's discharge related.
Regarding necropsy if it gets to that point. I think I probably will send her to the Iowa State University lab. It's not too far away, but three hours each way is a bit much. There's a county extension just a handful of miles away, so I'm sure they can walk me through it.
For now, I'm still letting her do her thing... it is not particularly difficult to care for her, especially now that she's used to me handling her daily. She's got a buddy in there with her (I can quarantine a chicken, but don't really have a good way of independently qt'ing two). I'll be moving them into a caged run and out of the dog crate tomorrow. Give them a little more space... see what happens.
I genuinely appreciate all of the ideas on this thread. I'll stay the course for now and update if anything meaningful unfolds.
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