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We went through the EXACT same thing with one of our coturnix a couple weeks ago. never found out what it was. Poor girl wasted away to nothing I'm so sorry for your loss
Thanks. I spent a lot of time on here researching the the symptoms. Swollen abdomen, droopy tail, lethargic etc...
I hope that your lady pulls through. We lost one a month ago that was going through something similar. We thought that she had been eggbound, so we did the warm bath and dark cage set up. She appeared to get better, then took a turn for the worse about a month later. I found hersitting in her...
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What type of turkey was it? We have a big double breasted one that in incapable of breeding? I wonder if that makes the difference. He has never bothered the hens.
I am not sure of the breed. He looked like the wild ones. Bronze colored. We wanted one that would not get so heavy that...
Our tom turkey nearly killed our rooster a few years ago. We had just the one turkey, and he was very possesive of the hens. We seperated the turkey from the chickens and eventually had to get rid of him, because he would come after me and the kids. He would peck the hens on their heads because...
Breed: EE
Name(s): Frenchie
Age: About 2 yrs
Gender: Roo
Fun Facts: Only chicken to take a bath in our kitchen sink. He was a muddy, limp mess after our Tom Turkey tried to kill him. Hubby picked him up, rinsed him off, and put him in a dog crate in our bathroom. After a few mornings of crowing...