Not an Emergency...Marek's in the Flock

[pysankigirl]

You are lucky to have one nearby. (Not lucky to have a problem)

Yeah, I know, right?


And the guy in charge of the lab there seems to be a really decent guy. spent time answering my questions.

I haven't heard back this week about the biopsy so I will call on Monday. but I will assume it is Mareks until I find out otherwise...

Meanwhile...I have a pullet who seems to not be able to move or hold her one wing in a natural position. she just lets it hang. She is from the same coop that has had suspected Mareks. so of course...I am now thinking she might have it. Anyone ever heard of it affecting a wing instead of a foot or leg?

 

[casportpony]

Yeah, I know, right?


And the guy in charge of the lab there seems to be a really decent guy. spent time answering my questions.

I haven't heard back this week about the biopsy so I will call on Monday. but I will assume it is Mareks until I find out otherwise...

Meanwhile...I have a pullet who seems to not be able to move or hold her one wing in a natural position. she just lets it hang. She is from the same coop that has had suspected Mareks. so of course...I am now thinking she might have it. Anyone ever heard of it affecting a wing instead of a foot or leg?

I had one like that a few months ago... It's wing got better, but then several weeks later it started to decline. Didn't have it necropsied, but I'd be willing to bet it was Marek's.

-Kathy

 

[seminolewind]

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Due to all the strains and where in the body the virus decides to strike, I've heard it all. Some common, like legs, and some not so common, a wing, or even a slow gasp aside from breathing. I'm glad you sent one to the lab. It's better to know. And there is life after Marek's.

 

[Haunted55]

I carry every type of spice imaginable, so yeah, I have turmeric, lol. Thanks for the advice! I will definitely try that. Oh, I mean that every day I checked her completely over, and the mass keeps changing, sometimes it's not even there, other days it's small, some days larger, etc, etc. So she has an issue with her crop, which Could even be cocci, I can only find sulmet around here though, and by the time I order corrid, she will probably be dead.

Then use the Sulmet. 2 tbls per gallon and if I remember correctly it's for 3 days just like the Di-Methox. A little harder on their systems but a good probiotic after will go a long way in helping that. Also, do not use medicated feed while treating with Corid. It's too much and could cause rapid kill of the easy ones and not the harder ones. I don't know how else to explain it....what I was told is if you use too much amprolium you are not going to get all of the cocci, some are going to make their way down and turn into an enteritis. I'm sorry, I know I sound like an idiot but it's the truth. Do not do it.

 

[pysankigirl]

I had one like that a few months ago... It's wing got better, but then several weeks later it started to decline. Didn't have it necropsied, but I'd be willing to bet it was Marek's.

-Kathy

That is what I am figuring. At this point they have all been exposed, right? is there any reason to remove her from the rest of the flock if she can still hold her own with them? I would like her to have a "normal" life as long as possible.

she is a sweetheart. a Crested Cream Legbar. (first one affected so far that WASN"T a Dorking actually...the other three have been)

 

[Haunted55]

S&P, can you do a picture for giggles? Just curious. I agree with you, it may not be a tumor if it is changing that rapidly, that is unless you've found something that works. Maybe a cyst? Have you tried an antibiotic? Hey, what the heck, you've got the Sulmet right? Try it. This maybe something to do with the Marek's but it may also be something else. I would do this if it were me.

 

[Haunted55]

That is what I am figuring. At this point they have all been exposed, right? is there any reason to remove her from the rest of the flock if she can still hold her own with them? I would like her to have a "normal" life as long as possible.

she is a sweetheart. a Crested Cream Legbar. (first one affected so far that WASN"T a Dorking actually...the other three have been)

If they've all been together, then it comes down to age and how much exposure they've had. I've had wing involvement that went away and the little brat is still out here begging for bread everyday. I think it depends on what you have, how it's been changed in your birds and all kinds of stuff. Lol, who the heck knows!!!

 

[seminolewind]

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Yea, you might as well leave her with the flock.

I may have one that's wasting. She was always most affected by the heat. And one of those hens , I think, made it worse by her having to hide all day. She's very weak. There's just nothing I can do for her. I picked her up and she's as light as a feather.

 

[salt and pepper]

Ok, she's on sulmet , and I bought some probiotics to boost her system. ( said it's for digestive health, so worth a try ) The stuff I really wanted was all out, it was a antibiotic, and good bacteria booster. Might check for it later this week. She hasn't lost too much weight, and is still eating. Even though her crop never empty, or full, she's still getting enough food. She's on garlic, ACV, vitamins, and sulmet. Hopefully she'll snap out of it.

 

[missnu01]

Well I really doubt that my 2 that died died of mareks...simply because I have 40 new chickens some ordered, some from the feed store, some hatched from another farm, and we've had no more deaths due to disease. Had lots go missing in the middle of the night, but no limping or other symptoms. ... so that's good I guess