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Lillyk24
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Here is a good link to this virus information...Not good news...https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/the-great-big-giant-mareks-disease-faq
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After the research and such i think it might be. But the sting concerns me, she was fine before then. I didnt see anything on the disease that says that their eggs if they produce any yet are not good anymore? I dont think she is laying any but not sure? And if it is this disease it will spread is what I got...not good...not ready for this.
I understand. There's a whole lot of people rooting for you. Part of managing your flock is removing potential hazards and mareks is no joke. If the rest of the flock wasent immunized then it could travel and it's not very forgiving. If you believe that it's just the string and she could recover then maybe hold off. What happens when you rub her leg? If you rub where the string was does she try to get away which will indicate that it hurts? Hurts is good, then you know her nerves are not damaged. Is there anything specific that's leading you to mareks?Thank you for saying that. I can't even kill a bee that is in my house or a spider walking on my wall. Those are God's creatures, not mine to kill. I can't think about killing her until I know its hurting her or she is dying. Like you said one day at a time and I will. My concern is that it will spread to the other chickens or my kids who hold and clean out the coop. I have not read anything about it spreading to people, but to other chickens by their dander. I am in no means a farmer, just a lady with a family trying to start a homestead. No one ever told me this would be easy or did they tell me I would loose so many ;(
If you could take the carcass for testing to be sure that would be your best bet, if not I would probably burn it and destroy the bacteria that may be present.I am sad to say she is gone. I do believe it was Mareks, she had all the symptoms. Now have to google what to do to protect the rest of them. We just cleaned out their hay in their coop yesterday so I think we might have to do it again today. Anything I can spray to kill some bacteria?
Thank you everyone for your words of kindness and support.
Well it's hopeful if your other birds are older, they may have developed an immunity over thier life time. Best of luckThank you Eggcessive. I never heard of Mareks before I just happen to google her symptoms and that is what came up. We have 3 baby chickens, well they are our babies they are 5 months old and the other chickens are well not sure, I got them from a huge farm that had over 800 of them stuffed into one small farm, i think they are almost 2, i hope they can fight it if they get it.
Thank you again everyone for the kind words and encouragement. I sure do appreciate it