Mareks or not?

[Henny3]

Hi Guys,

Bit of a story but we moved house in January, I brought 2 older hens and 3 four month old with me, bought 13 more pullets and there was already one hen there. After about 2 weeks one of the 4 month old (Australorp) got what the vet thought was Mareks. She was wobbling around and eventually lost complete control of her legs and died. I was expecting to lose most of the flock after reading up on it but nothing happend. Now we're 3/4 months further and I have a Brahma that has started to wobble, mainly sit down and yesterday I saw the one leg sticking out straight to the back, she recovered from that after 5 min and is still wobbling around, eating and drinking as normal.
I can't find any injuries, she's not pushing back or grabbing my finger when I push against her legs. I've added vitamins to the water. But I think she's slowly getting worse. Does anyone have any experience with this? Can Mareks go this slow and kill a bird every now and then? Maybe with the change of weather her immune system was weak? Anything I can do?

Thanks!

 

[chickenlittle21]

I don't know much about Mareks. Maybe get your hen some medicine for it.

 

[blackandtan]

I’m not sure but maybe others have some idea
@Kiki @casportpony @Wyorp Rock

 

[Kiki]

I don't know much about Mareks. Maybe get your hen some medicine for it.

There's no medicine that will cure Marek's disease.

 

[Kiki]

Hi Guys,

Bit of a story but we moved house in January, I brought 2 older hens and 3 four month old with me, bought 13 more pullets and there was already one hen there. After about 2 weeks one of the 4 month old (Australorp) got what the vet thought was Mareks. She was wobbling around and eventually lost complete control of her legs and died. I was expecting to lose most of the flock after reading up on it but nothing happend. Now we're 3/4 months further and I have a Brahma that has started to wobble, mainly sit down and yesterday I saw the one leg sticking out straight to the back, she recovered from that after 5 min and is still wobbling around, eating and drinking as normal.
I can't find any injuries, she's not pushing back or grabbing my finger when I push against her legs. I've added vitamins to the water. But I think she's slowly getting worse. Does anyone have any experience with this? Can Mareks go this slow and kill a bird every now and then? Maybe with the change of weather her immune system was weak? Anything I can do?

Thanks!

Unfortunately yes...it is highly likely that you are seeing Marek's again.


What exactly do you feed this bird?

 

[Henny3]

Thanks for the responses!
She has the options of eating a complete free range mix or grower pellets with medication. She occasionally gets scrambled eggs and mealworms and at the moment has either a multi vitamin or electrolytes in her water. Is there anything else I should give her?