My rooster has a light pink comb!

[azygous]

I understand now. A word about Marek's. If you even so much as suspect that dead hen had Marek's, it would be best to cull this rooster instead of giving him away. Marek's is passed to other chickens as easily as breathing. Once in a flock, you can't get rid of it. Even if you culled every chicken in a Marek's flock, the virus can live months and sometimes years in the soil.

 

[Amber the Easter Egger]

I understand now. A word about Marek's. If you even so much as suspect that dead hen had Marek's, it would be best to cull this rooster instead of giving him away. Marek's is passed to other chickens as easily as breathing. Once in a flock, you can't get rid of it. Even if you culled every chicken in a Marek's flock, the virus can live months and sometimes years in the soil.

Thank you for your help. We were going to cull him anyway if he did not get better, because we did not think anyone would want him. We had another young rooster, so we do not need two of them. Again thank you so much for your help! I hope is is not Mareks!

 

[azygous]

What you could do, and it could save you from the job of culling this guy, is to contact an agricultural lab in your area, and ask about a necropsy on a rooster that you suspect of carrying Marek's or some other avian virus.

In some states, the fee is very minimal. In my state it's around $150.
Contact them and state that the rooster will be delivered alive when they wish to work on him. They will cull him and perform the lab work and you will no longer need to guess whether Marek's is in your flock.