prevalence of Marek's disease in adult chickens?

[ShrekDawg]

Thank you for your input. That is strange, I wonder what could really be going on. Next time I'm there I'll get some pictures and video of him trying to move. He's not very thin, either. And eats and drinks as much as he should. There is one other young bird around his age that recently started acting similarly, but hasn't progressed that far (only just started walking with a noticeable limp), so he had assumed it was Marek's disease but can't know for sure unless he pays to have them tested.

If it's not Marek's disease, maybe it's lameness due to some genetic issue. Different line of chickens than before, but he's had bad experiences in the past with breeders here. This would be the second time he's bought young roosters that slowly became unable to walk.

Hmm well if it’s spreading to other chickens then it could possibly be? And especially if they came from somewhere else and could have brought it in but I didn’t think it was so slow progressing. But then I have only dealt with it a couple of times. I would think they would be showing signs of being sick at least but maybe not? But usually from what I’ve seen they all end up almost totally paralyzed and unable to move much basically. Mine still had appetites but just couldn’t get to the food so I had to move it. It could just be bad genetics I guess or a coincidence the other one got it? When I had it mine went from running around doing everything a rooster should to unable to move or eat within two weeks. I put him down. The next one I put her down like the next day because I knew what it was by then and that I couldn’t help her unlike the first one. Plus it progressed a lot faster and she was already unable to stand just within a a day or two. For the first week with the other one I thought he broke his leg or something until it progressed to both and being unable to stand or move.

 

[noisegeyser]

Never assume that your chickens are safe, or that you can slack off on the precautions you have been taking! Only an actual diagnosis from a vet path lab can tell you about those birds, or any others.
Mary

Basically what I'm asking is, do you think my biosecurity is sufficient? I have boots and clothes I only wear over there any never around my birds, and shower when I get home. Is there anything else i can be doing?

 

[Folly's place]

Besides not going? Probably not. If it's a good drive, maybe there's nothing on your car tires when you get home. If it's really close to home, that's a possibility too. You could use disinfectant at the car before climbing inside, on hands and shoes there.
Mary