BocBoc Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 Oh goodness what an ordeal for you. RIP MiMi - no more pain now. Has the vet come back with the results yet? Fingers crossed for your other girls. Hope you get your car sorted too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluckingmad Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Hi Petal, Poor you, what a miserable week Has the vet got back to you with the results yet? If it IS Mareks then I'm sure if the other girls are ok currently then treatment should be the trick and make sure they stay that way... Fingers crossed for you... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-F-C Posted September 18, 2009 Author Share Posted September 18, 2009 The post mortem revealed that MiMi did have Marek's disease. Apparently, this now means that all my girls now carry the virus... From what I have read and from what the vet told me; this is my understanding (please correct me if I am wrong): The vet said that chickens should be immunised for Marek's at birth but in large commercial flocks it is easy to miss a chicken and that for many small breeders it can be very expensive to pay for the vaccinations. There is no way of telling if the disease came from my two Pepperpots provided by Omlet or the breeder whom I bought MiMi and FiFi from... but whichever, their whole stock will also be infected... as once infected it is nigh on impossible to eradicate as the chickens will continue to shed the virus for the rest of their lives and you cannot successfully eradicate it by sterilising where they have been; runs / coops etc... This does not mean that my remaining girls will become poorly as they may have good immunity. However, if their immunity is ever weakened they are more likely to succumb. It does mean however, that if I ever add chickens to my flock they will also become infected with the virus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-F-C Posted September 18, 2009 Author Share Posted September 18, 2009 Hi Petal, Poor you, what a miserable week Has the vet got back to you with the results yet? If it IS Mareks then I'm sure if the other girls are ok currently then treatment should be the trick and make sure they stay that way... Fingers crossed for you... From what I understand... there is no treatment for Marek's The other girls do seem in fine health! So much so that FiFi laid her first egg yesterday! (albeit the size of a small plum) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluckingmad Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 oh bless her! you're quite right about mareks, I checked up after posting am sure the rest of the girls will be ok - just keep on spoiling them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 That's rotten news . I'm glad to hear they have a chance of being OK though. I would contact Omlet and the breeder - it would be interesting to know (if they'll tell you ) if they have spotted it in their flocks. If not, they would surely be interested to know, in any case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluckingmad Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Someoen correct me if I'm wrong, but htink Omlet vaccinate against Mareks, so sounds like its come in form a breeder, in which case I'd go with giving them a heads up... am hopefully getting some new girls tomorrow so best remember to check their vaccination status... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
