Help! I think my chick has mareks

[Katemw36]

Help! I think our chick Goldie has mareks disease. One day she was limping on one leg all of a sudden and then both. Now she can’t walk but she’ll sit on her hawks. She can still fly and eat and drink. And she has no other symptoms. Is there anything else it could be?? She has been like this now for almost two weeks and no other chicken has gotten sick yet it seems. And yes she was vaccinated but I know that doesn’t matter. I just started giving her some water supplement for vitamins for 2 days now.

 

[Katemw36]

Also there is times where she will stand on her feet but she can’t walk and has no balance it’s just so sad

 

[nuthatched]

How old is she? What's her diet?

 

[Katemw36]

She’s about to be 18 weeks and we have her on bar ale poultry feed. We just had switched to layer feed before this happened like 4 days before

 

[nuthatched]

She’s about to be 18 weeks and we have her on bar ale poultry feed. We just had switched to layer feed before this happened like 4 days before

I'm wondering if the feed is lacking or there's an issue with it

 

[Katemw36]

I'm wondering if the feed is lacking or there's an issue with it

That’s what I’m thinking but I just never had chickens before so all this is new for me. But I just also don’t want to cull her if it’s not mareks

 

[nuthatched]

That’s what I’m thinking but I just never had chickens before so all this is new for me. But I just also don’t want to cull her if it’s not mareks

I'd continue the vitamin therapy for a few weeks, your birds are already exposed if it is anyway it won't hurt to treat for something else.
Give her 1/3-1/2 B Complex tablet every day, any brand from the grocery store.

 

[Katemw36]

I'd continue the vitamin therapy for a few weeks, your birds are already exposed if it is anyway it won't hurt to treat for something else.
Give her 1/3-1/2 B Complex tablet every day, any brand from the grocery store.

Okay thank you i appreciate you giving me some advice. I’m just so worried about her and I don’t want her to go already when she’s our first chick ever.