Sandy2003
Songster
Thank you for the links. There’s so much information about Mareks one being how they will be fine (with a couple of losses) while other saying that you should cull them all. I love them so much and I don’t want anything bad to happen to themNot necessarily. Some strains are more virulent than others, some birds won't show symptoms, particularly with the ocular form it can be slow progressing and birds can live for quite a while sometimes. Often a flock with Marek's will have higher losses than one without it, but it can be managable and not all will die. It's very hard to predict and only time will tell you how it will be in your flock.
A few good threads/articles:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/the-great-big-giant-mareks-disease-faq.66077/
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...ding-for-resistance-to-mareks-disease.894589/
http://extension.msstate.edu/publications/marek’s-disease-backyard-chickens