A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

[R2elk]

So I did a no no and brought home a splay legged chick from the feed store. I got some vet wrap so once she settles in some I’ll be trying to hobble her leg the right way. She does get around well by hopping and flapping and kind of toe-tapping to balance so we’ll see if she’s too far injured to recover. I took her because the other birdies in the sick recovery tank were picking on her and she’s growing like crazy, just a bit clumsy! So since she’s growing so well and gets around to eat/drink I wanted to give her a chance. Still grips things with her odd leg so it’s not dead but we’ll see how she does (I’ve read a bunch of older posts on the chick forums about it). Might be slipped tendon, might be splay leg... Either way have her on nutri drench to get more vitamins into her system.

If it is slipped tendon, the methods to fix a splayed leg will not work. With a slipped tendon you have to manually put the tendon back in place and then secure it there.

 

[PolarBerry]

Her hock is a little bit swollen and can’t 100% straighten her leg so may make a sling chair and try to let swelling go down. Problem was she was on pelleted pine so it was kind of slippery and not so soft on injured legs.

 

[OneMountainAcres]

Her hock is a little bit swollen and can’t 100% straighten her leg so may make a sling chair and try to let swelling go down. Problem was she was on pelleted pine so it was kind of slippery and not so soft on injured legs.

If it is a slipped tendon, as r2elk said, you can usually fix it but straightening the leg and putting the tendon back in place. I have no clue how to secure it though. I had one a few weeks ago that had a slipped tendon. Every day, for about 2 weeks, I would out the tendon back in place. Eventually, it stayed in place enough that she could use her leg. She still had a bit of a limp but barely. Someone adopted her and her sister at a discount for pets

 

[R2elk]

If it is a slipped tendon, as r2elk said, you can usually fix it but straightening the leg and putting the tendon back in place. I have no clue how to secure it though. I had one a few weeks ago that had a slipped tendon. Every day, for about 2 weeks, I would out the tendon back in place. Eventually, it stayed in place enough that she could use her leg. She still had a bit of a limp but barely. Someone adopted her and her sister at a discount for pets

You usually have to wrap the joint and secure it with tape. There was a case of a BB turkey getting its slipped tendon fixed by being wrapped and an ingenious splint being applied on one of the Dr. Oakley, Yukon Vet episodes last year. There are a number of threads of different people and their fixes for skipped tendons in the Emergencies / Diseases / Injuries and Cures forum.

 

[duluthralphie]

I have been visited by the "Turkey god for revenge"...

I was smarting off too soon about my "good boys".

Easter is now living in the back of the coop with Cuddles and the SS. He will be moved to a secure cage tomorrow.

My self Blue Tom may not make it through the night. His head is larger than a soft ball. His eyes are swollen shut and he has blood all over his head, neck and chest....He was on the Guinea Gulag fence tonight. I went to get him and Easter took after him. He lodged himself in a corner to protect his head. I grabbed Easter and threw him in the SS pen for the night.

My Royal Palm Tom has a bloody head and chest but not as bad as the Self blue.

I need 2 turkey toms to volunteer to be center pieces for Easter Dinner. We have one volunteer now.

I am thinking the self blue will be the other, if he lives.

Easter is beyond help. The pure corn diet starts tomorrow.

 

[R2elk]

I have been visited by the "Turkey god for revenge"...

I was smarting off too soon about my "good boys".

Easter is now living in the back of the coop with Cuddles and the SS. He will be moved to a secure cage tomorrow.

My self Blue Tom may not make it through the night. His head is larger than a soft ball. His eyes are swollen shut and he has blood all over his head, neck and chest....He was on the Guinea Gulag fence tonight. I went to get him and Easter took after him. He lodged himself in a corner to protect his head. I grabbed Easter and threw him in the SS pen for the night.

My Royal Palm Tom has a bloody head and chest but not as bad as the Self blue.

I need 2 turkey toms to volunteer to be center pieces for Easter Dinner. We have one volunteer now.

I am thinking the self blue will be the other, if he lives.

Easter is beyond help. The pure corn diet starts tomorrow.

It was sunny here this morning and no wind. I had the Royal Palm tom on craigslist for 6 weeks. Seems most people around here are looking on Facebook instead of craigslist. It should be turkey breeding season but this last snowstorm and the accompanying sub zero temperatures has delayed the onset.

So I took care of the RP this morning and the neighbor was very happy to get a turkey that was already processed. That tom has so much fat it isn't funny.

 

[duluthralphie]

3-4 weeks of pure corn will fatten him just fine.......I am no longer caring about his long term health..

 

[R2elk]

3-4 weeks of pure corn will fatten him just fine.......I am no longer caring about his long term health..

Mine are all really fat due to feasting on fallen Russian Olives all winter. No corn was needed.

 

[PolarBerry]

I’ve gently wrapped the swollen hock in a cotton pad and put her leg from hock to foot in a makeshift milk jug handle brace and covered it in vet wrap. She’s eating right now even after I messed with her. After brutally attacking the evil clunky brace, that is. I did some leg stretches and could feel a tendon popping around but not staying in place, obviously.

You usually have to wrap the joint and secure it with tape. There was a case of a BB turkey getting its slipped tendon fixed by being wrapped and an ingenious splint being applied on one of the Dr. Oakley, Yukon Vet episodes last year. There are a number of threads of different people and their fixes for skipped tendons in the Emergencies / Diseases / Injuries and Cures forum.

 

[AnneInTheBurbs]

Do you guys think my Toms face looks swollen? I'm still newer to Turkeys.