Marek's Disease in Chickens: The FACTS

Marek's Disease in Chickens: The FACTS - Part One

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@TA-zj5yk 10 күн бұрын

I’m just going to write this at the very beginning of you sharing on this topic, and I’ll admit, I am truly more nervous to hear what you have you share because I respect you and your love n care for chickens that you have and have given so much to an audience seeking information on chickens. My chicken’s contracted Marek’s disease last year. While it took months to figure out how n where we contracted Mareks disease, I’ll disclose those details after I’ve had a chance to listen to both videos. One thing we did not do was to cull our flock of 60 + birds. Instead, I divided our birds into smaller groupings in attempt to slow the spread and began reading every ounce of literature I could to understand what we were dealing with. I’m 12 minutes in, and ya, I’m already concerned the direction this will go. The science of this disease talks its audience in circles and after allowing our birds to live, I can tell you with confidence, it’s worth digging deeper than to listen to what “Merk” printed for all to read and believe. After witnessing 32 different birds from my flock show symptoms or suddenly pass away I will say with confidence and with conviction, the “scientific” literature Merks shares is not completely accurate. I would even go as far to say how they are not only misleading the masses with what they have printed, I’d question the sincerity & purpose as to why they would mislead people. Could it be because they have a “shot” where they stand to make money from it? I cannot prove it’s their motive, but I can say if folks ignored these big Corporations who stand to profit from what they tell people is how Mareks works and actually do their own science (this is one disease everyone can do their own science with), I believe folks would learn about a whole lotta other things for which we’ve been misled to believe stuff by The big Pharma who have abused their powers, while we all pay more than a monetary price for believing the garbage they keep selling the people. This goes with saying, I did do my own research because the crap I was reading from the most recent literature Merks & others offer, was not matching up with anything I was experiencing when symptoms began within my flock. Or I, like most everyone else. Would have gone through life never noticing how they literally talk people in circles and convince us to believe stuff we’ve never believed in the past. Such as this “A-symptomatic” baloney they began barfing out in 2020 when they needed people to fear other people. Yet, even today will only give slight stock to those who have “symptoms” but aren’t running a fever are okay to go to work. Because never in the history of diseases did any pose a threat to another without “symptoms”. And if people reviewed medical literature on just everyday herpes simplex’s none are spread without an outbreak in another human being. So I omitted all medical influence from recent days where the medical industry began shifting gears in their medical handlings that has left our society chasing the wind of what they write rather than the solid evidence we are all conditioned to say we want until these recent findings they tell us have zero evidence because they’re filling folks with mis leading messages. That is why everyone fears the thought of Mareks even after they tell us it is everywhere which is an absolute fallacy. How do I know? Because chickens would be extinct if what they claim was factual in flocks. Because once you have an outbreak in your flock, it is extremely contagious. And yes, it is very scary to experience, I don’t even mess around with vitamin deficient birds as it resembles Mareks too much. That’s all I’ll say in the comments on this video except to encourage people to dig deep into the past from when this was first discovered (1907) and consider when they first isolated the disease (50 years later), to when they invented the first vax (here in America no less), in 1970’s and take stock in the reality that farmers did not vaccinate their chickens. Then research when they revamped the Mareks vaccine. And convinced the city folks that their backyard chickens would do well to have this in their birds. As there’s NO way folks have this in their flock and have no idea they have it. Especially if they’re hatching out small amount of baby birds when a momma goes broody or if they bring home unvaxd baby’s and these peoples adult birds are carriers. It would absolutely rear its ugly head if you have it in your flock. Specifically due to the fact it spreads through dander. We have expanded our flock this year with new hatchlings and I still have 30 survivors from last years battle with Mareks disease and they all remain disease free. How do I know? Because I refuse to vaccinate a single bird and I know these babies would show symptoms if they were infected with the disease since none of my new additions are from my surviving birds. Sadly, we live in a time where we must be diligent to have more faith in ourselves and our ability to discern our experience with our own research while comparing it all with what we’ve been told that doesn’t match up to what you’ll witness if you ever do battle Mareks disease in your flock. The emotional toll, along with the financial strain this had as we scrambled to save every bird possible has proven an added strength in me that will not allow them to deceive me or manipulate me into believing all my birds need a synthetic drug in order to survive a disease that was all but obliterated in the states…. That is, until they revamped the vaccine. 😞

@Anne-of-the-fields 17 күн бұрын

Hi Dalia, my flock is also Marek positive for more than 10 years. I occasionally have an affected chicken, but most of the chickens are fine. It seems like it only affects my hens, not the roosters. I even had a paralysed adult hen that I helped with feeding for a month, she could not walk anymore, but after a month she started to recover and even learned to walk again (sort of). She lived happily for a year after this. I hope my chickens build up a natural immunity against Marek. Thank you for all the information you share, love your channel!

@melblues3847 10 күн бұрын

I was hit by Mareks after buying some chickens from a smallholder show. I lost over 60% of my Silkie flock, they showed the different forms, blindness, paralysis and tumours. It was the worst thing. After the survivors eventually passed from old age I decided against getting any more. My advice would be to ALWAYS quarantine new birds, that's where I went wrong. Thank you for posting this.

@bluevoid5171 16 күн бұрын

I'm glad you've gone over this. I had a bird who I believe had Marek's and called a vet to talk to them about it. They told me I needed to kill the chicken and the rest of the flock. I was devastated by what they said to me, but my flock showed no signs of anything like what I had read online. Of course my poor hen lost her life weeks later but I loved on her till the end. ❤ You going over this makes me feel like I did the right thing in not just killing all my birds that I had worked so hard to raise.

@continuallycountingchicken7338 17 күн бұрын

Thank you for this video. You 100% made me cry when you said it’s not our fault. I *always* blame myself when bad things happen to my chickens. ALWAYS. We have Marek’s. 😭 Buddy, my husband’s BCF (best chicken friend), died suddenly. I took him to Texas A&M to have a necropsy done. He had nodules (?) on a lot of organs. They said it could be 3 different things and one was Marek’s. Another test determined it was Marek’s. Nooooooooooo!!!!! Here’s another tidbit about “our” Marek’s … It seems we have two types. 😮 The neural and visceral. My vet said it’s not common to have more than one version. Lucky us. 🤦🏻‍♀️ Because I cannot see inside them and don’t necropsy all of them, it seems the neural one is more frequent. We have chickens die all the time. 😢😢😢😢😢 I HATE it so much! 10:58 - I definitely felt ashamed when I found out! That it was my fault and I did something wrong. 😢 * I * did something wrong. I definitely don’t rehome chickens. I had one I was in the process of rehoming before we got the diagnosis. After, I let the man know I couldn’t let him have the chicken because of Marek’s. I don’t wish this on anyone. 😢 Great video! I look forward to Part 2! This made me feel less bad. I will still be devastated when the next one can’t walk and another dies. I love them and care for them the best I can until then. And they get extra treats and love when they’re in a bad way. ❤ Ooooooo! The vaccine is coming up! Yay! I bought it because I want any chicks hatched here to be vaccinated. Oh! Natural things to help them?! Yes! Bring it on! Thank you!!!!!!! ❤❤❤

@pinkatclicks 17 күн бұрын

I was in the process of rehoming roosters when I got my diagnosis. I have 27 roosters and a man was going to take all but 2 and give the a good, happy home. Then I got the news. Now I have 27 roosters. It seems mereks take hens way more than roosters😢

@cathykasaback3728 17 күн бұрын

Oh I resonate with this so much! I'm new to chickening, got 6 pullets in April 2023 and one turned out to be a rooster! He is lovely and such a good boy. My first hen that had issues had a compacted crop and walked funny on one leg. I did take that one to a vet, since I'm so new to this. The vet was concerrned about the leg, mentioning it could well be Mareks. I got her crop working again and added nutritional yeast and poultry cell to her diet to boost riboflavin and it actually got her back up and out with the flock. That was back in March of this year. She just a few days ago started limping again 😢, but I'm doing the nutritional yeast on the veggies and poultry cell in the flock's water to see if that helps again. I then had another hen come up blind and lame and tried to nurse her back, but after a couple months she was gone. Then just last month another hen started showing tumors on her body and she went FAST. I was heartbroken. I'm plugging along, fighting for them all. The story you shared really helped, thank you!

@kathymorris2641 17 күн бұрын

Hi, I love your videos. I also keep you book handy at all times. I have learned so much from you but still have so much to learn. We had 14 chickens 4vof which are only 5 months old. Over this labor day holiday. My storm became I'll. She was having trouble breathing and making a loos squeaking noise. She started out sneezing constantly. We tried to get a hold of a vet, but because of the holiday we could get in till Tuesday. We tried everything you suggest in your book. She seemed to be getting a little better on Sunday and on Monday but then she died an hour before our appointment.😪 it is so hard to loose her and not why???

@justinewhite-hadley3138 17 күн бұрын

Oh hun.....my heart hurts for you. We discovered Merricks in our flock 4 yrs ago and I was a broken mess. We had to put Whitney, our singing black silkie momma, down at the vet. She'd raised up a batch of chicks who were all caramel colored. The sweetest thing ever. I held her till she passed. When the vet said Merricks I sobbed. I had look up enough after her wing started drooping to know it could mean a lot of heart ache in the future. We've lost a lot since then. We got brave and got some new chicks from Tractor Supply Assuming they were vaxed. Chain store. Why wouldn't they be? We lost 4 of the 8 the 1st yr. Another chicken who was a year older then them as well. We lost 3 others before we realized what it was. We had one sent out and it was positive. So we now know to Ask about vaccines before getting chicks. Our older girls are most likely carriers but have faired very well. We try to share what we have learned with anyone who has chickens. Assuming vaccinations was not a good idea. The family run feed store vaxed their chicks, the chain store did not. Our vet knows us by name we've been in so many times. (He is 1 of 2 chicken vets who practices on chickens. He has gently put down a few for us. The other one is not as humane. Our vet will actually put on a special gas mask for birds, let them go to sleep, THEN give them the shot to stop their heart. Whereas the other one shoots them in the chest causing pain and it takes 10+ minutes for them to pass.) I haven't even gotten thru this video yet and I've already been in tears like you. I thought it was my fault. Bless you for caring. I'm sending you a big hug ❤

@continuallycountingchicken7338 17 күн бұрын

@@justinewhite-hadley3138 awwww. Thank you for sharing. I feel you … all of it. I’ve had a vet euthanize them. It’s so much easier on everyone. Others have just dropped and I didn’t expect it. That was what happened with the last one, my BCF. He wasn’t acting himself for less than 2 days but it wasn’t the things I was used to. I CONSTANTLY feel the amount of muscle on the breast area when I pick any of them up because it’s a good indicator for our flock as to whether it’s attacking them. I bought the vaccine because I want to let some ladies hatch babies. I haven’t let them yet. I’m planning to get some chicks from a hatchery and they will definitely be vaccinated. I have to or it’s a death sentence and I just cannot do that to them. It isn’t fair.

@wasmara 3 күн бұрын

Dalia, thank you for being such a nonjudgmental person when providing a wide range of information.

@SC-sm2tr 17 күн бұрын

I lost 3 young hens this year, 18-22 weeks old, while I didn’t get necropsies, my vet is confident it was Marek’s, it is endemic to our area. They had the classic symptoms. I got them as chicks in January from a friend, they were not vaccinated. I still have 2 hens left I got from my friend, so far they seem OK, but I don’t know... It’s been so hard on my heart, one was a velcro bird, I miss her the most. I recently ordered new chicks and had them vaccinated. Since I don’t know 100% it was Marek’s or how the unvaccinated hens will do, I’m still on edge. Now with Avian Flu in our state I have one more thing to worry about.

@borninacar4031 17 күн бұрын

Thank you Dalia, I love all your videos. You are so generous with your time and expertise. The information in this video is vital to all chicken owners, hopefully it will spread far and wide! Today we had to cull one of our girls. :-( Not because of Marek's thankfully, but from a combination of different problems she's been dealing with (initially wry neck). As usual I cried my eyes out when we did it. But I wouldn't change things for the world, I just love all my girls and love having them in my life! Cheryl xxx

@NormaBlondet 16 күн бұрын

I cried too viewing the video, I have been dealing with marek in my flock of 14 for whole year just 2 days ago I watched my oldest and dearest of my hens passing away it broke my heart. I still have 6 hens left hopefully there’s something I can still do to at least extend their life as much as I can they are not my chickens they are my pets and is been very hard and sad. Thank you so much for all the information you are providing to all of us going thru this. ❤ by the way on my flock I had all the different types if marek going on.

@TA-zj5yk 10 күн бұрын

We too combatted this disease in our flock last year. A total of 34 birds passed away as a result and a remaining 28 still live on. It’s a heartbreaking disease and I am so sorry you’ve been battling it 💔💔🥺

@Clydesmith2119 17 күн бұрын

Dahlia as always, thank you very much for you videos ❤. Simply love them. We have been blessed not to have this so far. We did have our RIR start having a bad limp and the vet said maybe mareks. We were terrified. Did blood tests and was negative. Then did X-rays to find out she had a bad knee and would always had a slight limp. She ended up being an inside chicken but only for bed time. She hung out with her flock during the day. She was #2 in the pecking order. We miss our Lucy. Water belly years later was her demise.

@ukminuteman 17 күн бұрын

Excellent presentation Dalia. Thank you very much. No concerns with my backyard brood but I like to be informed. Forewarned is forearmed!

@divinedata5416 17 күн бұрын

You are my absolute favorite 🤗 I love so much how you focus on treating them naturally. I always go holistic when possible and I have learned so much from you already. Looking fwd to part two. Can you please try to find out what ingredients are in the vaccine? Thanks again for all that you do. My chickens and I are very grateful to You! 🙏🐔💓

@coolwatyr 15 күн бұрын

Thank you, Dalia. I appreciate that you take these big (potential) problems, and break them down into manageable steps. It’s like talking with a friend over coffee and tackling the problems together. Thank you ❤ 👽 🛸 🐓 ~Linda

@christinabaker3210 17 күн бұрын

thanks for sharing this- I am dealing with Fowl Pox- wet/dry and I lost 3 roos and 3 pullets. I am scared to take in any more rescues because I am scared to get Mareks so thanks for sharing

@debram3098 10 күн бұрын

Wonderful information, thank you. I can’t wait for part two.

@WelcometoChickenlandia 10 күн бұрын

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@merlemelvill 17 күн бұрын

Last month I had an autopsy done and diagnosed with Marek's. I am devastated.

@vickihalverson6328 17 күн бұрын

Thank you for the very helpful information. Before I watched this, I had ordered chicks and went ahead and had them vaccinated for mareks, just for peace of mind. I've never had any of my flocks checked for it, but just feel better getting it done. Whenever am in need of a new rooster, I don't usually order one from a hatchery; I get one from a friend or other chicken person. I've have purchased older hens from people, so I guess I just want to be safe by having new chicks vaccinated. Thank you again for your videos.

@keviniverson5569 16 күн бұрын

Thank you so much for this research and information. Very comforting 🙂

@ShortbusMooner 16 күн бұрын

I always welcome your info, D! 👍

@MG-vo7yn 15 күн бұрын

thank you for this very informative video. my sister-in-law has a marek's positive flock. to my amazement, she has only lost one - the one that told her it was in her flock. somehow, the rest are doing just fine (it has been at least two years now since the disease appeared). not only has she gotten new chickens, but one of her hens got broody and she got even more chickens that way. so far, none has showed symptoms of marek's. this could be an extremely unique case - i have no idea. i have no expertise in this area. i can only say what her experience has been. i look forward to watching part 2!!

@TA-zj5yk 10 күн бұрын

@@MG-vo7yn hi there. We have Mareks in our flock and can say with confidence in my soul, your sisters birds do not have Mareks disease if no other bird ever showed any symptoms, especially if when she brought in new chicks and no symptoms formed, she does not have it. Here’s what I will offer however, when people bring older birds into their flock, not everyone knows their medical history (just as Dahlia has shared she does) and many people vaccinate their birds. These birds will always test positive for Mareks as this is the number one way the disease is spread. It is spread through the shedding of newly vax’d birds onto unvaxd birds. Sadly, this is where our research on what these entities share does not balance with what most people experience once they combat the disease itself. When my flock began showing symptoms, they’d not even been outside yet. We had just purchased our home that had been vacant for years prior to our purchase and history from neighbors was no chickens had ever been on our land. There was absolutely no way our birds could have possibly gotten this disease any other way than from vax’d birds. Only, I had heard to never mix vax’d and unvaxd birds and since I wanted to raise organic birds, I was very keen to inquire of vax status prior to purchase. We never would have known how we got it if we had culled the entire flock as time proved one specific clutch was in fact vax’d after all other clutches I had purchased were nearly obliterated from the outbreak except one clutch (the babies I had purchased from a private breeder who claimed he did not vax his birds). Out of the 15 I purchased from him, 3 passed suddenly without symptoms (common among vax’d birds and my guess is it’s their internal system reaction to the vax). We had purchased 4 different clutches (2 from the same place) and I had begun mixing the clutches to prepare them for their new outdoor coop, when weeks after mixing birds, the first symptom began. We remained in adamant denial, we did not have Mareks since I knew there was NO way we even brought anything into our home as we didn’t really go anywhere and we’re still settling in from our recent purchase of our land. Remaining in denial is what cause our horrific outbreak as one after another after another began showing symptoms and few passed away as a result of their symptoms. But, unless we ended their suffering ourselves, their little lives whittled away each day. 32 losses later, we have not had a single symptom or loss since the 1st of January 2024. The birds that I believe are vax’d are still alive and thriving without a single loss to their clutch since May of 2023 where as - 1 remains alive from the first clutch, 4 from another, and 1 from the fourth clutch… but 12 out of 15 are still thriving from the vax’d clutch and are kept isolated within their own breed (Schijndelaar’s). Which, truth be told, Schijndelaar’s have leghorn in them and leghorn are said to be very susceptible to contracting Mareks disease. But not these birds….so I am confident they are the source of contagion and believe they would test positive for Mareks even if they’d never encountered Mareks outbreak. There’s so much more I’d love to share as I poured my heart and soul into investigating every ounce of literature I could find from the earliest days of when this disease was discovered. It would be a true ending of all chickens if a tiny little dander remained contagious that floated through the sky or that a random wild bird happened to drop that spec of dander, and it’s chance a chicken would ingest it while it is actively still contagious are so slim a chance, they should not even use it as a means of spread and it pains me people are convinced it’s the number cause. Yet, it’s big pharma who sells a said “remedy” stands to gain more by pushing fear onto folks who will run and get their tiny birds injected with this “remedy” while they offer very little warning of the added shedding effects those tiny little fluff balls will have on others that have not been injected. They even admit it sheds while they talk folks in circles to then say other birds won’t get Mareks from vax’d birds, yet the small print will say to keep those newly vax’d babies in quarantine following the vax for 4 weeks. So which is it? Does this shed onto unvaxd babies or not? If it does shed but can’t cause Mareks in unvaxd birds then why do they call it shedding? Why do they say to quarantine for 4 weeks after vax while specifically using the vax as the source for why the birds should be quarantined? These are all the circular talking messages they have written to people and through the cdc. None of it makes sense as none of it assumes an ounce of responsibility that anything could ever go wrong with their vaccines. But it does and it has and people are losing their birds at rapid pace due to the ambiguous information they offer the public. I do rejoice your sisters flock remains free from the effects of Mareks disease! It’s horrifying to witness to endure such loss. I’m happy to hear she was spared. I hope this might help as to why her bird could have tested positive without other birds showing symptoms. 🙂❤️

@MG-vo7yn 10 күн бұрын

@@TA-zj5yk thank you for everything that you have written. i have a question, however. is there another illness or malady that will paralyze a chicken's legs and leave one leg stretched out to the front and the other leg stretched out to the back (kind of like when a gymnast does a split)?

@TA-zj5yk 10 күн бұрын

@@MG-vo7yn yes, extreme vitamin deficiency (I’ve witnessed it in a cockerel bird after coccidiosis/other worm treatment).

@MG-vo7yn 9 күн бұрын

@@TA-zj5yk ah! i didn't know that! thank you! she brought the hen to a vet and, given the presentation, the vet diagnosed marek's. but i don't think that the vet did a test. i guess that explains why she hasn't seen it again in her flock.

@arnoeeuwigheid4499 17 күн бұрын

Greetings from a new fan from the Netherlands!!👍🇳🇱 I am looking forward to your unique ideas and advice as, in the near future, we intend to adopt a few chickens from a caged system "farm" to be able to give them the life they deserve!!!❤

@hattiedraper1061 16 күн бұрын

Good decision. They will climb into your heart and give you so much love in return for your kindness.

@divinedata5416 17 күн бұрын

Love you so much Dahlia!! THANK YOU for doing this! ❤

@holynyork7124 17 күн бұрын

Afternoon dear lady,!❤

@lindasisosn5621 10 күн бұрын

I love Bubbalicious ❤

@valkyrie1066 17 күн бұрын

I have two house chickens, but I'm still concerned. My roo has been inquired upon regarding stud service. (everybody has hens, no one keeps a roo) I certainly don't mind loaning out his duties...I don't want him to get sick. I understand about the chicken adoptions...I used to luck upon a free one here and there. (Before Mareks) Attached to them? Clancy enjoys air conditioning, CLEAN fluffy blankets, and his carseat. He watches cartoons and has begun to show his music appreciation. In short, he has no clue about being a chicken. "Just put him down" would be devastating to me. Okay; a chicken FACTORY is a different thing. Small backyard flocks?? It doesn't seem as critical. Thank you! YES, I'll be watching part two.

@MelindaWaldrop 17 күн бұрын

Thank you so much for doing this video and series. You have helped me so much!

@Growstuff70 16 күн бұрын

No judgment dear one!

@LaylaDSmith 5 күн бұрын

I just had a chicken pass away. I *think* she may have had mareks. She is going for a necropsy. I'm really interested in chickens that don't show the normal easy to spot signs. She did no splits. She did struggle to eat. She was always smaller. But, she would "eat" I think she just was not getting as much as all the others. For a long time. And, I think that is what eventually caused her to pass. Lack of nutrition. She would sleep and lay her head straight down. This was also closer to the end. I think that was loss of energy more than anything else. But, early on I would see her in the pen with the other girls in the middle of the day, taking a nap. I thought it was odd. Not just once or twice. But, everyday. I think that was the first sign that I should have paid closer attention to the amount she was consuming and maybe even tube fed her if I wanted her life to last longer than it did. She is appx 4.5 years old. Which seems too short. She was the sweetest thing. Again, probably due to not eating enough. She didn't have the energy to be sassy or feisty. I loved that sweet girl, and it breaks my heart to think I could have done more for her. I have 4 more and believe you me I will pay close attention and these others will get all the support I can give them, but not just to "extend their lives" but to extend their happy healthy part of their lives.

@sarahb9240 17 күн бұрын

Thanks for uploading! We hatched out some babies two months ago and I read that if your current flock is vaccinated, you really should vaccinate your babies as Mareks sheds from the vaccinated flock. I was rather upset to hear this. (What I read online about Mareks is so disturbing.) The babies hatched out over the course of two weeks and I read the vaccine should be given on day one (but can be given at any time according to some). And the vaccine only lives for one hour once it's mixed. Ugh. I finally tracked down some vaccine online for around $60 I think, and I also bought needles. And had to go through a whole process to mix the vaccine up before admistering it. This was so not fun! I don't ever want to do this again. 😩❤️🐔

@anirthesengalparrot 8 күн бұрын

I don't know if that's what my almost 6 months hen had last week i feed them like usuall and i didn't notice any thing rown when i came home from work mom told me there's one who's paralized i was devastated i was like gosh i wish if i get sick 3 times a day and not see that so i isolated her searched on youtube etc.. but unfornutlly it all said that it's no cure so what i did is used avc honey garlic for 3 days and she got on her feet ❤❤

@sakarikokotala9160 16 күн бұрын

Any new chickens that I get, I isolate the new chicken or any birds for two to three weeks well away from my birds. I don't have anyone go into my bird run. If anyone does go into my run,that person has to wash boots in bleach wash with brush before and after going in. They have to wash their hands before and afterwards visiting my birds. I even stray vehicle's who come on my property. And my run is under cover. We don't wear our shoes and clothes that we wear out in public into our run. We change our water everyday and I don't leave feeder out. I watch for bird flu report everyday. But I don't re-home any of my birds because my kids love them. I don't show them. I don't sell their eggs. I do use them for bug control in my yard. I try to keep them safe but I know that things happen and I have had losses. I now will have to watch for this too. And if you think i am seriously crazy about the birds you should see me with the rabbits.

@andreaburke6009 17 күн бұрын

You are so Awsome 🙌❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

@CountryKirby. 17 күн бұрын

My chickens have never gotten sick and I’m so glad. Probably because I let them do what they want and go where they want 😂😂

@sarahl4914 13 күн бұрын

I’ve been losing my silkies one by one for a year now.. they act like it is a vitamin deficiency but I treat them regularly with vitamins. I’m so sad. My favorite one started limping this week. She’s currently inside and I’m treating her with vitamins. She has curled toes that happened today. Is that part of Mereks too?

@cherriethomas9538 17 күн бұрын

I hot the merks from over easy chicken ranch she sold me birds coughing an said it's hot they get that way an I have experience with that an I didn't think about it then a week after another then another it was so upsetting. Took 4 years to find the problem as it's a 100 to test a dead bird. Clorine dioxide has helped me too. Blessings

@carmenfringer4740 17 күн бұрын

I've lost some birds to paralysis and wasting like you described but my birds were adult birds over 1 and even 2 years old. Could it be something else. The rest of the flock seems to be ok

@Shelzbells 16 күн бұрын

Thank you for this video. Mareks does scare me, and I feel a little more at ease after watching this. Tell me if you think this is true....I heard that if you bring new chicks into your flock that have been vaccinated for Mareks, and your resident flock hasn't been vaccinated for it that the chicks can give them the disease.? True or False???

@studiodibelcanto3647 9 күн бұрын

Does anyone use IVM for a preventative antiviral in chickens? because it's an antiviral it will keep chickens from getting viruses in the first place, just like it will for the"vid"...

@kivaanimals8719 17 күн бұрын

How manny chickens do you have?❤

@PatoxMaia 17 күн бұрын

@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Madame President. Drop the calming song at background. I felt like in a funeral home! Many thank for sharing this content. Love your videos!

@robertstitt9493 17 күн бұрын

Any pathogens that 100% is bioengineering.

@abbymcmahon365 17 күн бұрын

Hi Dalia. I may be jumping ahead to part 2 with this question, but, is it true that once a bird is vaccinated, there's no worry of Mareks through the life of the bird? I ask because I was told that is the case. Mine were all vaccinated. I only have 5 and they all came from a hatchery. Frankly I haven't even thought of Mareks since they were babies. After they got over "the hump" of being babies, I stopped worry about it. Now I'm curious/worried that I blew it off when I shouldn't have. 😬🥺

@pinkatclicks 17 күн бұрын

The vaccine doesn’t prevent mereks. It only prevents symptoms. They can still be carriers and can still be infected but it basically wouldn’t kill them. But mereks is always mutating so they don’t know if the vaccine is 100% effective against all stains. This is from the research if found anyways.