ErinandKennedy
Hatching
- Aug 28, 2023
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I have a rooster who we hatched in April. We noticed he was losing weight and very pale. We had mites so assumed he was anemic. We started giving him poultry cell and iron supplements plus iron rich foods. He still had an appetite/full crop but very thin. Never saw mites on him or any of the flock, just the coop. Used electro psp and treated the flock, cleaned the coop completely and have not seen anymore mites. Still super pale, cold feet and very thin but mostly acting normal. Just keeps getting more and more emaciated. No worms, no diarrhea. Normal looking poop.
Came home the other night to him laying in front of the run door, we thought he was dead by the way he was laying but he wasn’t. He was a little woobly on his feet. We took him to the food and water, he ate and drank like normal but still so emaciated. Yesterday we came home to him barely able to stand, wings hunched and zero appetite. I have been syringe feeding him pedilyte, poultry cell, and a little wet cat food. Cannot stand at all, falls over a lot when just laying.
I have read a lot about Mareks and it seems like he has all the symptoms but opposite. Everything I have read has said they are paralyzed and the starve to death. Does this sound like Marek’s? Could it be something else? We have one avian vet in the area and they are closed this week. If he makes it through the weekend, we will be going next week if they can work him in.
Came home the other night to him laying in front of the run door, we thought he was dead by the way he was laying but he wasn’t. He was a little woobly on his feet. We took him to the food and water, he ate and drank like normal but still so emaciated. Yesterday we came home to him barely able to stand, wings hunched and zero appetite. I have been syringe feeding him pedilyte, poultry cell, and a little wet cat food. Cannot stand at all, falls over a lot when just laying.
I have read a lot about Mareks and it seems like he has all the symptoms but opposite. Everything I have read has said they are paralyzed and the starve to death. Does this sound like Marek’s? Could it be something else? We have one avian vet in the area and they are closed this week. If he makes it through the weekend, we will be going next week if they can work him in.
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