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...
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...
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?
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...
No, I don't think so, they normally stick to a pretty limited range and they all forage together. Plus last time she got better really quickly with electrolytes.
We put them one at a time into a deep "little giant" black rubber waterer with a bunch of Epsom salt and hydrogen peroxide. We kinda sit in a chair over them and just gently, calmly hold them in place. Since turkeys are pretty personable, they usually don't mind. We do this as often as possible...
We are fairly new at raising ducks. This is our second year. We have 12 Cayuga ducks, about 1.5 months old. We're planning to breed them. Early last week, one of them had a seizure right in front of us, very suddenly. It went from playing with its fellow duckies to rolling around on the ground...
The hocks are the joints below the drumstick. Where the feathers end and the scales begin. BB turkeys will sleep in an awkward reclined position on their hocks to take pressure off of their feet after they reach a certain weight. Keeping a thick layer of bedding helps too, but Epsom salt is...
Usually when they're this sick, there isn't much time left. If you were to make an attempt, you'll need to do some force feeding, but it truly is a judgement call as sometimes adding more stress when they're soon to pass feels wrong. We use raw honey, heavy cream, and electrolytes in these...