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[Kiki]

Avian Encephalomyelitis

This is more common in chicks.
Do you know if any of your birds were vaccinated for it?

 

[rebrascora]

Marek's can lie dormant for months or even years and is extremely common particularly in adolescent birds. It can have a huge range of symptoms from an inability to keep one eyelid fully open to a bird floundering on it's side unable to get up, to sudden death with no apparent symptoms. I tend to assume that it is likely to be something common rather than something rare but only a necropsy will give you the answer.

 

[Hippiechickens76]

Unfortunately it doesn't always work that way.
It is almost impossible for most back yarder to properly quarantine.

Birds are good about hiding symptoms.
Stress is good about bringing those symptoms to the surface.


Your girl could very well have died from a heat stroke...and or a disease.

Are you able to send her for a necropsy or or are able to open her up yourself to look for tell tale signs?

I wouldn’t know what signs to look for I’m gonna try to get her sent out for necropsy if I can

 

[Hippiechickens76]

Marek's can lie dormant for months or even years and is extremely common particularly in adolescent birds. It can have a huge range of symptoms from an inability to keep one eyelid fully open to a bird floundering on it's side unable to get up, to sudden death with no apparent symptoms. I tend to assume that it is likely to be something common rather than something rare but only a necropsy will give you the answer.

Ugh! That sounds a lot like what she was doing. What do I do now? Cull them all? Wait it out?

 

[Kiki]

I wouldn’t know what signs to look for I’m gonna try to get her sent out for necropsy if I can

I highly recommend you send her for a necropsy.
Peace of mind, knowing for sure, is wonderful. Really it is...guessing games suck.