A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

[duluthralphie]

Excede is an antibiotic

I never heard of it.. prescription I assume?

 

[CindyinSD]

My little 6 wk poult who was acting drunk like that seems better, @duluthralphie . I’ve been putting brewers yeast in their food and at this point I can no longer tell which one was sick.

 

[CindyinSD]

Soooo, I was watching my buff geese today and noticed that one of them seems unable to keep its wing tips in place. They keep sagging and dragging. It keeps pulling them back up into place but they don’t want to stay there. The others aren’t having this problem. Anyone have any ideas what the problem could be?

Edited to add: They’re eating Hubbard’s Duck & Goose feed with a sprinkling of kelp.

 

[Bantambird]

Soooo, I was watching my buff geese today and noticed that one of them seems unable to help its wing tips in place. They keep sagging and dragging. It keeps pulling them back up into place but they don’t want to stay there. The others aren’t having this problem. Anyone have any ideas what the problem could be?

Laziness?

 

[CindyinSD]

Laziness?

I hadn’t considered that. Could be...

 

[Molpet]

Soooo, I was watching my buff geese today and noticed that one of them seems unable to help its wing tips in place. They keep sagging and dragging. It keeps pulling them back up into place but they don’t want to stay there. The others aren’t having this problem. Anyone have any ideas what the problem could be?

Edited to add: They’re eating Hubbard’s Duck & Goose feed with a sprinkling of kelp.

Age?

 

[Bantambird]

I never heard of it.. prescription I assume?

Yeah, it's an injectable. We've tried it on chickens a few times after a horse breeder suggested trying it (it's for horses and cows) and haven't yet experienced any major side effects. Airhead got a dose when we deflated his head and he didn't seem phased. It's nice in that it only needs to be administered once a week. We put it in the breast muscle, but this would definitely be considered off label. And don't use it on anything that you want to eat within the next month or two at least. Dad and I worked together on sedation mostly because I know how turkey breathing looks and dad read up on the gas ratios for running the machine. Mom was intrigued enough by the novelty to try since egg binding will kill a bird so either way had to do something. She's on her roost in the cream legbar pen, no other turkeys.
Let's hope the shell shards absorb. They were stuck in the oviduct and would not flush out.didnt want to open her up like that, would have been too much of a mess.

 

[OneMountainAcres]

Alright we made it through with Annabelle. We could feel the egg still even when we were sedating her. As soon as the surgeon reached inside to gauge the situation, the egg crumbled! It was still in the oviduct so we couldn't retrieve the pieces, but the egg was definitely gross by now so we flushed her out with lactated ringer solution since it was handy. We went through half a bag until the liquid coming back out started running clear. Since we couldn't retrieve any shell, we can only hope that she can reabsorb it safely.View attachment 1788418

Aww, poor Annabelle! I hope she recovers well! It looks rather strange though seeing a turkey laying like that on the table!

 

[CindyinSD]

Age?

They’re about 7 wks.

 

[memphis]

Bantambird....totally blown away! Putting a turkey under is wild!! Your "team" did an incredible job! How interesting. Everytime we put a dog under I hold my breath...and things are so much better now than they were 30 years ago. So how did she react coming out?? How long did it take?? Gosh I sure hope she'll be ok. Everytime we put a dog under they throw coat. Wonder if she'll molt! Thanks a ton for the blow-by-blow & information. Again....what a great job!!