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    Turkey struggling to breathe - not dying but VERY strained

    Hello all, Feels like I only post when I have an emergency :barnie Oracle, a blind turkey of mine, went into a mating stance today and began wheezing significantly. Her pattern of breathing involves a seemingly normal breath in, but her exhale is a long, strained, whistly and staggered wheeze...
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    Potential brain damage from hypothermia? Please help diagnose this Turkey!

    My bird Meatball is a 4-month-old heritage turkey hen. She's a good size and is very feisty, but this morning she fell off the coop and got stuck in near-freezing mud. We found her likely within two hours (I was not awake when it happened) kicking her legs in a pinwheel unable to get up. We...
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    Chicken tucking its head under itself and running backwards?? Concussed?

    It's a 7 week old Golden Wyandotte chick that resides currently in a large wire crate with a dozen other chicks. I heard a big commotion this morning like a fight and found this one behaving extremely strange. She's keeping her chin tucked flat to her neck at all times and will enter spontaneous...
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    2yr old tom's beard cut short? Isolated feather damage as well

    Is it mites? For the past couple weeks my tom has been exhibiting tattered feathers on the left side of his breast and behind his neck (exclusively the left side) and I never thought much of it as I see certain hens pulling on his feathers every once in a while. Today, however, I was looking...
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    My poult has a severely twisted leg; treatment options??? What is it?

    [PHOTOS INCLUDED] I've read a thread about twisted tibia in a pea chick and I think this is what has afflicted my month old poult. However i would really like a second opinion just in case as I've never encountered this before and would really like to know what to do. Her name is Monty and her...
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    1-Week Old turkey chick seems to be choking on something? How do I help her?

    We recently got 6 Narragansett/Bronze heritage crosses and they turned on week old today. We are keeping them on pine shaving substrates, and I suspect one of the chicks swallowed a shaving or two. Every few minutes she'll make strange gagging motions like she's trying to cough something up...
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    Dying hen!! please help she's very sick!!!

    NOBODY RESPONDED TO MY LAST POST! Symptoms here: " Our 7 month old Copper Maran Yin has recently begun exhibiting ill behavior. She and her siblings are still laying their kinder eggs, if that helps. I cannot tell if she has stopped laying or not. She has a strange listlessness and while she...
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    Sick Hen- seems stable but won't eat or walk

    Hello again. Our 7 month old Copper Maran Yin has recently begun exhibiting ill behavior. She and her siblings are still laying their kinder eggs, if that helps. I cannot tell if she has stopped laying or not. She has a strange listlessness and while she can stand, will often stumble and fall...
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    PLEASE HELP ABSOLUTE EMERGENCY CHICKEN HURT

    [IMAGES INCLUDED] We have no idea what happened but a fox tried to drag this bird through our fencing. The skin has been completely ripped away exposing her neck muscles + fatty tissues. She is unharmed other than the skin missing from her neck and still clucks and eats. Is there any hope for...
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    Help!!! Tom injured with black skin and inflated waddle!

    Can anyone help me figure out what's wrong with my turkey Tom? We have three Narragansett toms and they got into a vicious fight today- two just absolutely coated in blood and mud on their heads with lacerations all over them. Our best Tom, Regent, has awful discoloration all over his head...
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