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    Turkey has something wrong with its leg.

    These are actualy my sons turkeys. He is out of state for another month. I just get to be the turkey sitter. I mad a mistake, the turkeys are and were started on turkey starter, not chicken starter. How do you fix a slipped tendon if it has already been this way for a while?
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    Turkey has something wrong with its leg.

    Bought baby turkeys about 4 weeks ago. Kept them in a jumbo box with shavings and fed them chicken starter. We have done this before but not pros. They got so big so fast that today we built a temporary pen and put them outside. That's when we noticed one of them has a bum knee/elbow. I...
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    Bumblefoot Surgery

    This may or may not be something of interest. A year or so ago we,(actually my son who is 15) had a chicken with bumblefoot. We, like you, couldnt cut on it. Did a little research and found out it is caused by a staph infection. We did the cleaning like you and decided to put "Smart Silver"...
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