Mareks??????? Help!

[tearooster]

So I've always hatched out baby silkies from my silkie chickens, and I've always had at least one pass away every time. I just had to babies hatch yesterday and I brought them into a setup brooder ( clear storage bin with sawdust ) and both passed away this morning? It's a new storage bin that we just got..... How do I tell if they get mareks? They haven't been vaccinated. I recall last year having 3 in one box and one looked sick- bubbles coming from his nose. Then within the next few hours they all died....

 

[peopleRanimals2]

Mareks is when they get paralyzed, and their face may get grey. This is just what I have read.

 

[tearooster]

One of them this morning had trouble standing up

its legs would always be way out in front of him and when he tried to stand up he would always try flapping his wings really hard but nothing happened

 

[peopleRanimals2]

Try helping him stand. hold him in the correct position. is this why you asked?

 

[tearooster]

I tried helping him stand but his legs always went out beside him sadly he passed this morning out of the blue

 

[tearooster]

I'm going to disenfect the container again before I put any others in there

 

[peopleRanimals2]

Aww, that stinks. I'm sorry. any other chicks showing signs?

 

[tearooster]

Not that I'm aware of I always sanitized my hands before I held them. I have two more babies in the coop that I'm bringing in tonight. I'll let you know if they make it past morning

 

[peopleRanimals2]

Ok. Any idea how it got sick? good luck with the others.

 

[tearooster]

I have no clue how it got sick. Everything was clean and fresh maybe just a bad batch of hatchlings