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    Kohlrabi

    I wa I was wondering the same thing. Also about beet greens...
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    Let's talk Wry Neck/Crook Neck

    Yes! See my post about it above. It's #245
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    Let's talk Wry Neck/Crook Neck

    I went to my local farm supply and got poultry electrolytes and adds it to my chickens water.
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    Let's talk Wry Neck/Crook Neck

    I stopped the daily supplements to my Minney when her activities went back to normal. She still had a tilted neck and it took a couple of weeks for her neck to return to normal. I did continue to add vitamins and electrolytes to everyone's water for a couple of weeks and now I add them maybe...
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    Help! 3month old turkey with leg problem

    Nothing I could do would help so I took her to the vet (who happens to have worked with large birds like Eagles). They took X-rays and discovered that both bones in both legs were twisted. They tried all sorts of hobbles, splints etc and nothing would keep the leg twisted back. I had to make a...
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    Help! 3month old turkey with leg problem

    Any tips on how to tape properly? I'm not sure I know what I'm doing...
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    Help! 3month old turkey with leg problem

    Has anyone "shackled" the ankles with just a few inches slack so they can still walk during the day? Something needs to be done ASAP but I work 8am-8pm and I can't watch her all day...
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    Help! 3month old turkey with leg problem

    She loves to cuddle
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    Help! 3month old turkey with leg problem

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    Turkey feed Question

    They get dried meal worms and flax plus maybe 2% of a chicken mix of grains, lentil and seeds.
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    Turkey feed Question

    This is great info! It's hard to find info re. turkeys! I have one with a slipped tendon that I'm trying to help. I've read that a deficiency can cause that. Any recommendations for adding vitamins/minerals to feed? They're currently on game feed with grains and seeds and worms mixed in. I also...
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    Help! 3month old turkey with leg problem

    I think I'll try to tape her legs tomorrow. I wish I had known what I was looking at sooner! One week and she went from a straight leg waddle to a 45 degree turned foot. When she's resting or eating (while on her "elbows") she doesn't mind my straightening and tucking her leg in and under her...
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    Help! 3month old turkey with leg problem

    I wish you could post video to this site! I'll bet it's either broken or twisted. She's been on dirt and concrete with pine shavings. No wire.
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    Turkey Talk for 2014

    Can you turkey lovers help with this thread? https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1113524/help-3month-old-turkey-with-leg-problem#post_17148429
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    Help with turkey leg

    Here's the original post. I just discovered this emergency threads... https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1113524/help-3month-old-turkey-with-leg-problem#post_17148429
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