You guys are all awesome! Thank you so much for all the info.
She's been pooping and it looks fairly normal, if a little soft. No worms, so that's good.
This morning her crop was squishy and flat. I gave her some scrambled eggs with yogurt and her miconazole dose. She gobbled it up.
Refilled...
I have her in a warm bath now, and she's drinking the water. I took a picture because she looks so crazy! Her head is fully underwater. I hope she's not breathing any of this in.
I checked her mouth just now, and couldn't see anything abnormal. And the little bit I could see down her throat looked normal too.
Her crop is quite deflated and very squishy. And she hasn't pooped at all in about 4 hours, which is alarming.
She and her sisters all free-range on an acre, so I...
I recently got a new group of adult hens. I kept them separate from my flock for 7 days with a look-but-don't-touch fence method, and then incorporated them. Everyone seemed to be fine.
But recently one of the new ones is acting very strange.
She's lethargic for much of the day, but when...
Ivan3, I feed them a mix of Purina Gamebird Growth and Plumage, and Layena. They also free range on an acre, so they should be eating grit, but I can't be positive. They've never had solid poop, even from the very beginning. I just figured it was a turkey thing.
I've had my pullet-shut door for over a year and I really love it. It's super easy to set up and to set the timer.
I also was reticent about the automatice sensor, especially since some of my girls are "night owls" so to speak, and don't go to bed until the last bit of sun is gone. I got the...
I've had my very first group of three turkeys (2 female, 1 male) for about 7 months now and I've been building up to the eventuality of culling them. But one of the females has started laying and now I'm not so sure I want to get rid of all of them.
The thing is, my turkeys STINK. Is this a...
Thanks Ivan! I'll switch their food and give them some vitamins. The water here isn't softened, but it has a lot of lime.
They also have a baby pool that they like to stand in. I clean it every other day, but they still poop in it all the time. Could that be an issue?
I have three bronze breasted turkeys and I noticed this on one of the girls last week. I checked for bumblefoot and that's not it. Now the tom's feet are starting to swell. They're on Layena Game Bird Feed and free range on an acre; they also live with 8 chicken hens, although the turkeys prefer...