Following this thread, even if i am not dealing with it, good basic info to swirl through my head anyways lol
Now may i ask, how soon do symptoms appear? like could a bird be fine in the AM and then not by evening with Zero signs prior or is that not how this works?? If my head has wrapped this about right, i could have birds on my farm who are carriers but completely symptom free but could pass it on to new birds? and they not be able to 'fight it'
The term chasing Ghosts pretty sure that term i found in this thread, is darn correct. I have no idea what i am dealing with right now with a 6mth old cockerel, but i am not naive so will not rule out Mareks until proven otherwise, trouble is i have never had a sick chicken and produced young for the first time with my own chickens this year, would i have not seen something? perhaps this guy is my carrier but at 6mths just suddenly present a problem when fine that AM and prior?.
I hope my queries are not inappropriate for this thread but i don't know where else they'd belong. At this point if he does not matter how it's no emergency, if it's here it's here. I can only hope it's not the end of my flock.
Now may i ask, how soon do symptoms appear? like could a bird be fine in the AM and then not by evening with Zero signs prior or is that not how this works?? If my head has wrapped this about right, i could have birds on my farm who are carriers but completely symptom free but could pass it on to new birds? and they not be able to 'fight it'
The term chasing Ghosts pretty sure that term i found in this thread, is darn correct. I have no idea what i am dealing with right now with a 6mth old cockerel, but i am not naive so will not rule out Mareks until proven otherwise, trouble is i have never had a sick chicken and produced young for the first time with my own chickens this year, would i have not seen something? perhaps this guy is my carrier but at 6mths just suddenly present a problem when fine that AM and prior?.
I hope my queries are not inappropriate for this thread but i don't know where else they'd belong. At this point if he does not matter how it's no emergency, if it's here it's here. I can only hope it's not the end of my flock.
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