Rhode Island- Black Langshan For Sale

[hinkjc]

You can get vitamin supplements at most feed stores or Tractor Supply. You could also use liquid poly-vi-sol baby vitamins right in his water. Try it for a week and see how he does. I hope it works for him.

 

[EricShane]

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Star gazing is not a sign of marek's disease. It is more likely a vitamin deficiency which is easily corrected with vitamin supplements. There is also a chance of neurological issue, but as long as he's healthy he would be ok in a pet home. I just wanted to clarify so people are not misled with incorrect information.

Chicks R Friends - have you tried some vitamins to see if that helps his nervous condition? I'm sorry to jump in on your thread with this, but since someone brought it up it should probably be addressed. I hope you find him a good home.

really? an article hear shows Stargazing as a symptom of Mareks

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=135247

 

[hinkjc]

I'm not sure where that person got the information, since there is no link provided (you can't believe everything you read in the Internet without supporting documentation). I have never heard of star gazing symptom associated with Mareks. Mareks is a highly contagious and deadly viral disease and if this bird had symptoms for any period of time, others would likely have shown it too. He would also more than likely have passed on by now as well.

http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/index.jsp?cfile=htm/bc/203602.htm&word=marek

Also, from Gail Damerow's The Chicken Health Handbook..

Symptoms: in chicks over 3 wks old (most commonly 12 to 30 weeks): growing thin while eating well (most common form), deaths starting at 8 to 10 wks and persisting until 20-25 wks.

in maturing birds (6-9 months): enlarged, reddened feather follicles or white bumps (tumors) on skin that scab over with a brown crust (skin form); stilted gait or lack of coordination, pale skin, wing or leg paralysis; when both legs are paralyzed, one points forward and the other points back under body; sometimes rapid weight loss, gaping or gasping, transient paralysis lasting 1-2 days, dehydration, emaciation, coma; death due to inability to get food and water or tampling by other chickens.

eye involvement: cloudy grayish, dilated, irregular pupil; distorted or blinded eye

in all ages: sudden death of apparently healthy birds

Stargazing info:

http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/index.jsp?cfile=htm/bc/206934.htm&word=star,gazing

http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/index.jsp?cfile=htm/bc/206914.htm&word=star,gazing​

 

[EricShane]

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Stargazing info:

http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/index.jsp?cfile=htm/bc/206934.htm&word=star,gazing

http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/index.jsp?cfile=htm/bc/206914.htm&word=star,gazing

hmm.. that is true... *shrug*

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

Which is why anything said on this site, or any other, should NOT be taken 100% as truth.

ETA: Don't trust any site that has not been peer-reviewed...scholarly articles, articles published by literary journals...those are assumed to be safe to trust!