I don’t think so & hope not. They have never been exposed to any other turkeys & I've not seen anything like this on my other birds (chickens, ducks, quail). Although all of them have at least a couple bumps only the 3 youngest ones are having any real issues because of it
I have 8 turkey poults ranging in age from 7 weeks to 3 1/2 months. I hatched these birds here & they have never been in contact with other turkeys. We had a heavy rain about 3 weeks ago & a week later these lesions began showing up on the birds. Have been told this is due to mosquitoes and am...
This helped to remind me that I need to check the expiration dates in my emergency kit, thanks!
I also have a suggestion for the case of an emergency evacuation (such as approaching wildfire) when you don’t have time to set up travel carriers & cages. Keep pillowcases and rubber bands or hair...
For the last 40 years I have kept and rescued parrots & never expected to keep chickens, but about a year ago when a flock needed re-homed friends referred the previous owner to me because I have a little acreage in a rural area. 4 hens & a coop for them to live in didn’t seem so much so I...