Fingers crossed for you. Margo’s necropsy looked like there was evidence if a background infection of Marek’s (caps on the nerve endings, I think). I have never seen any symptoms of Mareks except that two-week old chick I got for Cashew had weird, stiff legs. According to the UC Davis necropsy vet/pathologist, while rare, Marek’s can occur in young chicks. Mine are vaccinated, too, but at that age it has not taken effect.CRAP… that was what I was worried about. I don’t have any history, confirmation, or test results. Hatchery chicks I’ve brought in have all been vaccinated, but as you remember it was a problem on another local farm. And it is very easily spread. No other birds have symptoms so far, but I did have a couple suspicious deaths in the last batch of meat birds (one I found dead in the “classic” positioning). Fingers crossed
Margo was one of my originals. Interestingly, the hatchery my feed store uses to source chicks doesn’t have brown Leghorns, so they had to have sourced her elsewhere. Nobody has had Mareks symptoms except the chick. But I sure seem to have a lot if health problems in my flock for someone who is super attentive to her birds. My Millie has had a slight limp since she was a pullet, but it presented like an injury and is sometimes undetectable.