mareks

Has anyone dealt with mareks and can give me some insight on the beginning stages? I have 2 amerecaunas from the same place a friend got them from a hatchery. They're about 4 months old now have been in my flock since 6 weeks. No new additions no change since getting them. 2 days ago one was...

First time bird owner….so go easy on me. I’m nervous and want to do the right thing. I’ve got two 5 week old bresse that are not doing well. all was fine over the weekend. Last night I found chick #1 sitting alone and not joining in the feeding frenzy when I refilled the food/water. When I...

Hi guys I’m wondering if someone could give me some advice. This is my gorgeous girl Posie. Shes usually a very perky chook but recently she’s been quite quiet, sitting in one place quite a lot which isn’t like her. I’ve brought her indoors as it is so cold at the moment and I’m concerned she’ll...

So this chicken has been quarantined now for a couple of days and is progressively getting worse. She is lethargic, wobly, her wings are drooping and I have had to bathe her bottom (It's yellow-orange-ish) has insane discharge attaching to her feathers. I broguht her inside 3 days ago because of...

I’m at a loss as to what is wrong with my chicken. I thought Mereks but a lot of people are saying it’s not. My chickie (Boots, hatched july 4, a silkie cochin mix) Was let out of the coop Tuesday morning and was just laying by herself, i noticed she could barely walk so i took her inside. for...

Symptoms: extremely brittle feathers, paralysis in both legs, tremors I have a hen who has seemed slightly unwell for a while. Her feathers have been extremely brittle for months - at first I thought she was molting, but she's definitely not. I have checked for mites and don't see any. Lately...

My 9 months old Silkie has been Broodie for the last 3 weeks, I kept taking her out of the coop but she had lost a fair amount of weight. Yesterday was the first day she was not broody. This morning she has come out of the coop unable to stand she keeps tipping backwards on her feet and is...

Hello, I just wanted to ask for your insight. I have a flock of aprox 150 birds, and my last batch of chicks are now 6 months old and 5/30 have died with similar symptoms: stopped eating or eating very poorly even when isolated and being very thin for the past month. They have been dewormed...

Sadly we had to cull one of our girls this morning. She was a 10 week Bard Rock bantam and was showing signs of Mareks (paralyzed legs and wings, drooping/weak head/neck). She has been noticeably smaller than the rest of the girls (same age) for the last 3 weeks or so, and especially in the last...

This is Snowball a special breed of roo who had some problems as a chick. All seemed well until yesterday he was moving a little slow-today he was found laying in the run, alive, but very out of it. Obviously the other chickens beat him up a bit. He feels a little skinny. His large pupil does...

VIDEO HERE: My husband and I are first time chicken owners. Two weeks ago one of our hens, Moon, very suddenly had balance issues. Just hours before she was running around and jumping up on all the roosts. Then when we went to give them an evening treat before bed we noticed her walking with...

I have just had my 3rd chicken go in one month. She was a 4y/o isa brown, in previous good weight and health, though with a palpable mass in her abdomen since a year. She presented with worsening neurological symptoms - day one she seemed to walk a little stiffly, and her vision seemed impaired...

Does anyone have experience with Mareks disease in vaccinated Silkies? I just had a vaccinated Silkie die this morning of Mareks, I quarantined her after she began stumbling around the pen about 2 weeks ago. She then became blind, could no longer walk/stand and then 2 days before her death...

I have a few pullets that I just moved out of temporary housing to join my main flock. I noticed these scabs along the back of a few of the ladies legs/hocks, and a little along the toes… As I was cleaning out their old area I noticed some hardware cloth exposed and sharp along where they had...

So, in some of my recent posts, I’ve been saying I used to have 5 chooks. I did, until muffin (we don’t know what gender but oh well) passed away. We know it was mareks. It has been at least 2 months since and none of the others have caught it. Any thoughts? Also, I’m fairly sure muffin had a...

We had a hen die fairly suddenly on us, unfortunately. We've had a few lately, in fact, though not all with similar symptoms or circumstance. This one, a leghorn about four months old and always on the small side, we noticed was a bit yellow around the eye (the skin around the eye, not the...

We were on vacation the past week and when we came back one of our chickens was acting off. She was walking with her head down low, and sometimes walking backwards. We were going to feed her some egg and tuna to get her some vitamins and selenium but then noticed her crop was rock hard so...

A little under a month ago I took in a silkie that couldn’t walk due to vitamin deficiency. I took her in and gave her meds. She’s been ill for about 3 months. The women are wasnt constantly giving her meds thus the reason for her being rehome. I am now wondering if she has Mareks. I give her...

Hi everyone. I’m new so apologies if I make any forum faux pas. I had a little flock of three pet/laying hybrid hens. I love them. We’re UK based and currently due to avian influenza, they’re in a run but encased in fruit netting to protect them. They’re four years old. All have not laid for...

1. Backyard mix rooster, about 4+ yrs old. 2. My rooster has stopped crowing, 70% of the time is roosted and will twist his neck between his legs almost like a seizure. other % of the time he will walk around almost normal, he does eat and drink from what I see. 3. It has been a little over a...