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We put down our chicken today. She had gout. She had swelling of her feet for the past 1-2 weeks, but the gout may have occurred even before then. Our vet said that if we caught it early by testing kidney function, there was some treatment, but with the swelling it's like she's walking on razor...

We've had bad luck with chicks bought from Tractor Supply. 6 out of 7 chickens purchased at TSC are already dead due to Marek's disease. One is still alive, but she has cancer due to Marek's disease. They were fine for the 1st 2 years, and in the 3rd year started getting sick. It's a minor...

If you can find a vet that knows about chickens, they can help a lot when these kind of things happen.

Buy them from a hatchery that properly vaccinates their birds for Marek's disease. We bought several chicks from TSC and all are dead from Marek's and the cancer they get due to Marek's, except for one. She will die, too, from cancer. But she has a stubborn will to live.

We got our first and 3rd batch of chickens from Tractor Supply. All but one has died from Marek's disease. They all got cancer. There is one still living that has tumors, but she has a stubborn will to live. We've taken them all to the vet to get treatment. Treatment has been very expensive. One...

FYI: It looks like McMurray's no longer offers pullets. They say to look at the marketplace on their web site for places that do.

Hi Eggcessive, I was told specifically on how to avoid Marek's disease from chickens by getting properly vaccinated pullets. This includes keeping the baby chicks away from older chickens who may carry Marek's and letting the baby chickens grow into pullets in order to build up their immunity. I...

We've been struck hard by Marek's disease. It was mostly the chickens from TSC. All of our 1st chickens have died from the TSC group. We have another one who has Marek's (from 3rd group, also from TSC) and may soon pass from a tumor caused by Marek's. We lost of couple other chickens not from...

For our original coop I sandwiched the hardware cloth between 2x4's. I used a crown stapler to attach the hw cloth. I wanted to get the look of what they did with one of the carolina coop builds. When we added a chik'n run to the original coop, I used 4x4's, but stapled the hw cloth to the...

Dr Rupiper, from East Petaluma Animal Hospital.

Sorry to hear about your chicken having problems. We lost a chicken this morning about 3.5 years old, and she had Marek's disease. We have a very good vet in Petaluma who diagnosed her. We got her from Tractor Supply who didn't do a good job of vaccinating our chickens for Marek's disease, so...

On amazon. I see they have aubi chick (the best?) but nearly $100 a bag now. Anyways, we get the cheaper stuff, and it works fine. Also, Carolina Coops is marketing hemp for cheaper, maybe not the cheapest, but I like their stuff.

We use the deep litter method. We use hemp. Not sure if using others will work as well. I turn it over once a day in the morning, and are eggs are pretty clean. Hemp usually lasts most of the year, so maybe we need to buy 3 bags once a year (8'x6' coop, 44'x8' foot run).

Did you go to the Vet for help? Or was this a DIY fix? Either way, I think it's a minor miracle that she's still alive.