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I posted this on my FB page Stilettos to Cowboy Boots and tried to post it under the thread of Turkeys but it's been called back to the modulators to review because I put my FB address on it. I don't feel I have time to wait and now I've found this thread so I'm posting the verbiage her and pics as soon as I figure out how to do so. Please read and please help. And please be nice....I am brand new to all of this and am learning. Thank you.
Oh my heart. I'm not sure that I'm cut out for this poultry mama stuff. Why is it that the ones that we get attached to are the ones who die or in this case get injured??!!??!! It doesn't seem fair. But then, what is fair really??
This is Bonnie, my one white turkey. Her mate, Clyde, is my one bronze turkey. A couple days ago, I went out to the brooder and found her with her right leg trailing behind her. When picked up, everything would curl up nice and in place but when left alone, it's like her right hip is severely exteriorly rotated and extended. Because it can fold when I hold her....and she snuggles in and goes to sleep, I felt that it wasn't broken and that maybe the hip ball had become dislocated from another bird jumping on her.....
I carried her around all day and coddled her and just couldn't write on here (a bit why I've been quiet over the last few days) as my heart hurts and I just don't know what to do. My Athletic Therapy background wants me to splint it somehow. So, I asked some friends who are poultry people too and we decided that I should try taping her for Spraddle leg. Out came the Coban and electrical tape and I've done what I could for the time being - it needs to be reapplied as she's stretched it out.... But this allows her to stand and gibble along - tho her leg still severely rotates. She is in with the wee bantams now and Clyde is there too....but I may remove him as he's suddenly acting like an idiot.
She eats well, drinks well, sleeps well and cuddles so nice. I loved her ever before the all happened - having a stem out of commish is so sad for her as she is a real mover and a shaker, always exploring when she gardens with me.
Anyway, she's in with me today. I need to reapply the hobble taping. I sat her on a flat surface and really started to palpate the hip joint and my gut is telling me that either the femur is right dislocated or is broken just below the pelvis as there is a real, distinct femur feel that is not present on the other side.
Has anyone had this happen to one of their birds?
Has anyone had this bird survive?
A white turkey, how heavy do they get full grown? Could they survive on less that perfect stems??
Brother Brett was around the day that I discovered her and he reminded me that there are lots of birds out there with less than perfect legs....
Is there anything else I should try?
How can you tell if a bird is in pain?
*gulp* How do you a cull a bird should you make that decision? *sob*
Oh my heart. I'm not sure that I'm cut out for this poultry mama stuff. Why is it that the ones that we get attached to are the ones who die or in this case get injured??!!??!! It doesn't seem fair. But then, what is fair really??
This is Bonnie, my one white turkey. Her mate, Clyde, is my one bronze turkey. A couple days ago, I went out to the brooder and found her with her right leg trailing behind her. When picked up, everything would curl up nice and in place but when left alone, it's like her right hip is severely exteriorly rotated and extended. Because it can fold when I hold her....and she snuggles in and goes to sleep, I felt that it wasn't broken and that maybe the hip ball had become dislocated from another bird jumping on her.....
I carried her around all day and coddled her and just couldn't write on here (a bit why I've been quiet over the last few days) as my heart hurts and I just don't know what to do. My Athletic Therapy background wants me to splint it somehow. So, I asked some friends who are poultry people too and we decided that I should try taping her for Spraddle leg. Out came the Coban and electrical tape and I've done what I could for the time being - it needs to be reapplied as she's stretched it out.... But this allows her to stand and gibble along - tho her leg still severely rotates. She is in with the wee bantams now and Clyde is there too....but I may remove him as he's suddenly acting like an idiot.
She eats well, drinks well, sleeps well and cuddles so nice. I loved her ever before the all happened - having a stem out of commish is so sad for her as she is a real mover and a shaker, always exploring when she gardens with me.
Anyway, she's in with me today. I need to reapply the hobble taping. I sat her on a flat surface and really started to palpate the hip joint and my gut is telling me that either the femur is right dislocated or is broken just below the pelvis as there is a real, distinct femur feel that is not present on the other side.
Has anyone had this happen to one of their birds?
Has anyone had this bird survive?
A white turkey, how heavy do they get full grown? Could they survive on less that perfect stems??
Brother Brett was around the day that I discovered her and he reminded me that there are lots of birds out there with less than perfect legs....
Is there anything else I should try?
How can you tell if a bird is in pain?
*gulp* How do you a cull a bird should you make that decision? *sob*
