Help! Can she still have mareks even tho she was vaccinated?

[mycutekitties]

Our sweet little bantam Cochin is going downhill fast! She is the only bird my youngest has ever bonded with and I don't know what to do. Saturday we went to a youth show and my daughter used her for showmanship. She was totally fine. Next day Sunday I noticed her not moving around her area much. Then yesterday noticed she can't walk. She does not have control of her legs or wings. She is 7 months old and has not started laying. She was given the mareks vaccine at 1 day and last month given the fowl pox vacinne. Help! She is the sweetest bird we own!
Saturday:

And right now:

 

[leadwolf1]

Yes, she can still get Marek's even though she was vaccinated. The vaccine is only 90% effective and only prevents chickens from developing tumors, it does not prevent the paralysis. So sorry that you are having to go through this, it is a nightmare.

 

[mycutekitties]

Could she go downhill that fast?

 

[leadwolf1]

Yes. I've had some linger for months and some die overnight...even the ones that were vaccinated at the hatchery. All show different signs/symptoms but Marek's is the root cause. I just had a porcelain d'uccle that was running around one night to being paralyzed and dead in 24 hours. He was vaccinated. It is a heartless disease......the only way to be definitive is to have a bird necropsied....

So sorry...

 

[GoldenSparrow]

Please look at this thread.
it has a cure.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=135247

 

[leadwolf1]

I have tried this...I've been using it for almost a month. I have still lost more than it has helped. I have only had one that showed improvement with using this. I refuse to give up, though so I keep trying. I just lost a black silkie that the hypericum had no effect on...plus two others. I have one OEGB that seems to be improving and another that doesn't seem to be getting worse but no sign of improvement either. The OEGBs were vaccinated. The silkies were not. Good luck with the hypericum. I use it in conjunction with a vitamin regimen that I was given from a top poultry vet....it is .5mls poly vi sol daily plus 400 ius of vitamin E twice daily.

Good luck with you little cochin. I lost my golden laced bantam cochin cockeral to Marek's. One minute he was running around, the next he was droopy and the following afternoon he died. Right after he was eating bread out of my son's hand. I just keep going in hopes that I will have some survive.