New rooster limping after integration

[MTR]

Thank you MTR. mareks disease scares the heck out of me, to be honest. I called an avian vet and am going to try and get him in and get tested. I'll update this thread when I find anything out (fingers hardcore crossed it's not that!). He seems to be improving a bit, so hopefully not? But I want to know for sure.

I truly hope and pray for you it’s not. It completely changed my whole plan of breeding my own birds. But thankfully the vaccine really seems to work in protecting the chicks I order from Mcmurray.

 

[Chicken Esquire]

Small update, checked the coop before bed and found CHICKENS IN THE RAFTERS! Omg I didn't realize they could get that high! If my rooster did that, I can see how he got hurt! Will put chicken wire on it tomorrow I guess, that has to be like 7+ feet up! (Also, side note, those are not poops on the shelf, it's knocked over oyster shells and grits they always knock them over lol).