If you had Marek’s in your flock, did you wait for all of them to die before getting new chickens?
I have a small flock of now 4 (originally 5), 3 years old, one of them became paralyzed and necropsy pointed to Marek’s. Another one has developed ocular Marek’s in one eye though is otherwise still doing well. Another one is starting to look a bit off and sits around a lot just like my first one did (the one that became paralyzed). The remaining 2 look well and healthy.
Vet said now that I have the virus in my flock I shouldn’t be getting any new chicks until these are gone and the coop is disinfected. Now my original plan was to maybe get 3-4 new chicks next year, as these slow down in egg laying, plus if I end up with just 1-2 left, they would be lonely? What do others do in such situations?
Also to add, all 5 were vaccinated against Marek’s, so to be dealing with this is beyond sad in my first backyard chickens experience as they are much loved pets as well.
I have a small flock of now 4 (originally 5), 3 years old, one of them became paralyzed and necropsy pointed to Marek’s. Another one has developed ocular Marek’s in one eye though is otherwise still doing well. Another one is starting to look a bit off and sits around a lot just like my first one did (the one that became paralyzed). The remaining 2 look well and healthy.
Vet said now that I have the virus in my flock I shouldn’t be getting any new chicks until these are gone and the coop is disinfected. Now my original plan was to maybe get 3-4 new chicks next year, as these slow down in egg laying, plus if I end up with just 1-2 left, they would be lonely? What do others do in such situations?
Also to add, all 5 were vaccinated against Marek’s, so to be dealing with this is beyond sad in my first backyard chickens experience as they are much loved pets as well.
