The Evolution of Atlas: A Breeding (and Chat) Thread

[h2oratt]

Love the colors in the quilt,

I took a Hen in for a necropsy last week, she quit roosting went into a less used coop and just sat. I couldn’t find anything wrong with her. I left food and water. She passed after three days. I did notice some other hens sitting with her while she was ill. So sweet. I will post the report. I did I because it’s only 20 dollars and the drop off station is 45 min away.
I had mareks last year in one hen and even though she had no signs of that I was curious.plus we have the outbreak of Newcastle’s in calif, they also screen for salmonella.

 

[h2oratt]

I don’t think that worked. Let me take a screen shot.

 

[getaclue]

Dh irons his work shirts.

Growing up, we had an "ironing lady". My mother had back problems. Something about ironing would cause a nerve to pinch, or something, and she'd pass out. A lady came in every week, and did all our ironing. I was about 4 or 5 when they came out with a fabric called Permanent Press. There was not a huge selection at first, and it was expensive. My mother, and her sisters all made clothes for their kids. Mom tried the Permanent Press fabric out by making me a short set. She loved it. She began telling her sisters about it. They hit every fabric store, or store that sold fabric in the county, getting as many colors, and patterns as they could. As time went on, there was a bigger selection, and they kept improving it. My dad, brother, and uncle's shirts were made from it too. Within a year, I don't think anyone in the family had much of anything that needed ironing.

 

[getaclue]

h2o, sorry you lost one. From the information I've read about it, it's about the equivalent of leukemia in chickens.

 

[speckledhen]

Mareks and Lymphoid Leukosis are both considered neoplastic diseases, but with her age, it would more likely be the former, I'd think. Just a guess. And you've already had a Marek's diagnosis. LL usually shows in birds older than what she was.

I'm sorry, Julie.


Maretta is having sluggish crop issues. She is drinking like she's trying to drown herself and sleeping on June's "throne" sometimes. Could be the cancer is progressing. But, she still runs out and about with the hens when I let them roam.

 

[h2oratt]

Mareks and Lymphoid Leukosis are both considered neoplastic diseases, but with her age, it would more likely be the former, I'd think. Just a guess. And you've already had a Marek's diagnosis. LL usually shows in birds older than what she was.

I'm sorry, Julie.


Maretta is having sluggish crop issues. She is drinking like she's trying to drown herself and sleeping on June's "throne" sometimes. Could be the cancer is progressing. But, she still runs out and about with the hens when I let them roam.

So then you would consider it mareks disease?

 

[speckledhen]

So then you would consider it mareks disease?

That's what I'm not sure of, why they wouldn't just say Marek's. But, both Mareks and LL are neoplastic diseases. Maybe @1muttsfan can help us with that question.

 

[h2oratt]

I can call the vet and ask. She had none of the paralysis symptoms the other one had.

 

[getaclue]

I think I'd call the lab, and ask about it. Maybe they label all neoplastic diseases under that classification, without distinguishing if it's Mareks, or not. Maybe they don't, and it's actually LL, so that's why there's no mention of Mareks.

 

[1muttsfan]

I think to distinguish the type of neoplasia they would have to do microscopic pathology, that is take tissue samples of different tissues and look at them under the microscope. Lymphoid leukosis usually does not involve the peripheral nerves, while Marek's disease does. It's considerably more expensive to that have that kind of a necropsy done, though