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Thank you for sharing your information and knowledge! I'll look forward to trying this!

Hey there! I have a bunch of turkeys, mostly heritage, but I have three 3.5 year old broad breasted turkeys that are very dear to my heart. They're all in good health, but two of them have some joint inflammation and general soreness. For a while, I gave them 7.5mg of Meloxicam three or four...

It's so difficult when they do that to one another. I'm sorry you had to go through that. Birds can be so mysterious at times...

Thank you for the great suggestion! My partner got home, we cleaned him up, and at that point, we could find the wounds and confirm it was pecking. He was a little stressed about being alone (funny how he'd rather be near his attackers), but calmed down and is seeming happy to be getting the...

He's actually a little tom, and since they hatched in june, as you can imagine from the photo, he's underdeveloped compared to his flock mates. I've definitely seen him be bullied a bit before. It's just so puzzling how we got to dark, crusty scab but i can't find blood and the other toms didn't...

I know the photo quality is poor. I'll try to get access to a phone with a better camera and update later.

The turkey pecking order is strange. There will be weeks and weeks of peace followed by a random day of extreme fighting. Heritage breeds are new to me, but there's a group of young toms that sort of "gang up " randomly and suddenly. But this is just a big black scab and i couldn't really see...

One of my Spanish black heritage turkeys has alarming wounds all over the back of the head. They seemed to have appeared overnight. I'm very concerned about disease, because I have 4 pet turkeys that live in a separate coop. However, this turkey is in a coop with 20 other heritage turkeys who...

Thank you very much for the advice. I will try this with him tomorrow and follow up. It is very possible that one of my turkeys stepped on him during a feeding. They often stampede when it's feeding time and sometimes flatten a duck or a chicken. Though it has never injured any before, I've...

We haven't tried to manipulate it much yet. He's in a cat crate for the night (and likely for the foreseeable future) but I'll definitely be willing to test it first thing in the morning. What should I be looking for as I test the mobility of the joint?

There were not. The skin looked fine, no ruptures, but the swelling is fairly drastic. It's two or 3 times larger than the healthy ankle.

So, my partner returned home from work and together, we were able to inspect the duck more thoroughly. It turns out, one of the ankles is very swollen. Obviously, it seems quite painful for the little one. We put him in a little cat crate to limit movement for now. What else can we do to limit...

I could try to upload a video (i have to use data with very poor connection b/c no internet) but there isn't much to see. He's limping badly when he walks, can't vocalize despite trying, and mostly just sits still. He's in the duck house right now because I didn't want him moving much.

We have a Cayuga drake on our farm, he's about 4 months old. He'd been doing great ( already bigger than our 2yo runners and khakis), but within the last few days he's shown some concerning symptoms. I guess anytime an animal experiences symptoms suddenly, it's cause for concern. We've had high...

Our beloved Tom, Mr. Bronze, has a strange black scab/mark that seems to have recently appeared - last night or today. It looks a lot like frostbite, and, admittedly they're in a pretty drafty and chilly coop right now. We did have a severe cold spell, but I've been keeping heat lamps on our 4...