Wobble disease in my meat flock help!!!

[amtreth]

I need advice really bad. The wobbles disease has struck my meaties and is killing them off. It's the disease that makes it so the chickens can't walk straight or stand straight. It hit my mother in laws flock and killed most of the chickens. What is causing this and how do I prevent it from killing off my remaining meaties. Please help!

 

[Firekin1]

Wobbles? Are you sure it's not Mareks disease? If it's Mareks there is no cure, it runs it's course and the remaining birds are immune to it but are still considered carriers. There is a vaccination for it but I'm not sure how reliable it is. Mareks also will stay in the soil the chickens are on for quite a while risking passing the disease on to the next flock of birds.

 

[amtreth]

That's the one! Does it effect the meat and transfer to humans?

 

[Firekin1]

It does not transfer to humans, and the meat is fine. Here is a link that may help you. You can read it all or scroll down to the heading "Help I have Mareks",,,there's a lot of good info.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/the-great-big-giant-mareks-disease-faq