A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

[duluthralphie]

Way back when I was putting in my frost free hydrants, my turkeys would stand right beside the ditch and kick sand in on top of me.

Do you know how long and hard we worked to train the turkey to bury you?


That is so funny...I wish there was a video of that.

 

[casportpony]

Ok, surgery on both feet done. I wish my human patients were so easy. I crated him inside and am giving him a few days off his feet. I gave him .05 cc of penicillin g in the thigh, just because I never do a Surgery without a little bit of antibiotics. I'm going to let Yumyum in for a visit in about an hour. He is eating and drinking. I hope I got it all!

FYI, IM injections should be given in the breast, not the leg or thigh.
" Intramuscular injections
Intramuscular injections are often given more frequently in avian patients than in cats and dogs where IV catheters are more common. However, studies have shown that muscle necrosis happens frequently with intramuscular injections. Therefore other routes of administration should be considered when available. IM injections are most commonly given in the pectoral muscles located on either side of the keel bone. Due to the renal shunt of birds, where blood in the lower part of the G.I and caudal extremities may pass directly through the kidneys prior to being filtered by the liver, it is recommended that injections be given in the upper two thirds of the birds’ breast muscling. These muscles also contain a higher number of capillaries making aspiration before giving the injection even more important."

 

[Mama Runner]

FYI, IM injections should be given in the breast, not the leg or thigh.
" Intramuscular injections
Intramuscular injections are often given more frequently in avian patients than in cats and dogs where IV catheters are more common. However, studies have shown that muscle necrosis happens frequently with intramuscular injections. Therefore other routes of administration should be considered when available. IM injections are most commonly given in the pectoral muscles located on either side of the keel bone. Due to the renal shunt of birds, where blood in the lower part of the G.I and caudal extremities may pass directly through the kidneys prior to being filtered by the liver, it is recommended that injections be given in the upper two thirds of the birds’ breast muscling. These muscles also contain a higher number of capillaries making aspiration before giving the injection even more important."

Thank you this is very helpful. I have to admit the surgies seem to be the easiest part. I am horrified by giving them the shots. They are doing so much better though.

 

[memphis]

Have the baby SS out. Both turkey hens are standing by. Guess they are co-parenting. Still disappointed in my chickens for being so disinterested....

 

[memphis]

Daisy on duty! Poor girl is down to one tail feather and is full of pins.

 

[sfgwife]

Went to the beach for two days. Youngest son (21) fed and watered everyone. But they got no lovin. And no treats. You jus KNOW the world as we know it was gonna end right. So we get back go give treats all around and the ladies neeeeed love now right now. And cletis. Welp he is puffed up like a baloon and lettin air escape. . Anyhoo... ester decided she wanted lay down for her lovin... with cletis all fluffy and drummin to his own tune... you do know what he attempted right? Hahahaha. Welp. He seems to have his front and back kinda sorta mixed up.... or he wanted a lil somtin different . He did give it a valiant effort though but left and unsatisfied beast still all fluffed up beatin his own drumb. ... amd chasin after the other lady that he didnt get speshul time with. Hubby says he was havin performance anxiety from performin in front of us. And that he could bring him some youtube videos for structions. But we didnt wanna move for fear of him not gettin his due justice.

 

[AnneInTheBurbs]

So strange. This morning when I came out to check on the birds, all seemed well. However, next to my truck was this amount of blood, and Turkey prints on the bed of the truck. I don't see any sounds on anybody, and they are all acting normal. One Bourbon red had some blood on her break and face so imagine there was a scuffle. I will have to check everybody tonight to make sure. Very weird.

 

[PolarBerry]

Off topic but the feral barn cat that disappeared for 2 months is randomly back. The long hair cat was stalking something in the field and up popped short-hair (One has long hair and one has short hair so they get called as such).

I thought he was dead because cat food wasn't disappearing as fast and had seen no signs. Had heard owls at night off in the direction of the woods he ran to. Guess they basically are wild animals so makes sense he'd survive. The other cat didn't seem to recognize him until he stalked right up to him.

Both are neutered brothers I adopted when we moved in because we had about 4-7 mice caught in traps in the house daily. Since adopting the cats that's now a zero.

 

[duluthralphie]

Off topic but the feral barn cat that disappeared for 2 months is randomly back. The long hair cat was stalking something in the field and up popped short-hair (One has long hair and one has short hair so they get called as such).

I thought he was dead because cat food wasn't disappearing as fast and had seen no signs. Had heard owls at night off in the direction of the woods he ran to. Guess they basically are wild animals so makes sense he'd survive. The other cat didn't seem to recognize him until he stalked right up to him.

Both are neutered brothers I adopted when we moved in because we had about 4-7 mice caught in traps in the house daily. Since adopting the cats that's now a zero.

I had a terrible mouse/rat/chipmunk/squirrel problem last winter. I was feeding as much chicken feed to rodents as to birds.

Holm gave me two kittens last winter. A Grey one and an Orange one.. We call them OC (orange Cat) and GC (Grey Cat) After they were 3-4 months old every mouse, rat, chipmunk and squirrel moved out..or was eaten.

We feed the cats but not excessively. I want them to work for their meals. I use to be extremely careful to clean up spilled grain and feed right away to keep the rodents away. It was a useless act but made me feel better.

I now am not as careful to clean up spills. I dare the rodents to come and grab a kernel of corn! The two cats had 3 kittens. That is great with me. 5 cats should control the rodents on the entire farm. As far as catching the kittens to "fix" them forget it. They are not quite feral but pretty close.

I am not a fan of cats, but I would so much rather have a half dozen cats around than 1 rat!

 

[PolarBerry]

I even have 3 pet gerbils but rats/mice getting into walls and pantries and animal feed is just a no. I like cats but prefer dogs. Cats I like better as an outside animal and know it's not an easy life so waited until we lived way out in the country to adopt any. These two used to live in a barn but they soon had an overpopulation and a cat rescue group that does barn cat adoptions took them in and spayed/neutered/vaccinated them all. $30/cat adoption fee and no mice = worth it! I buy the cheaper cat kibble at Costco and put out an automatic feeder on the deck. I still do see them hunting mice and gophers.