A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

[Bantambird]

Remember the bumblefoot poult? Turned out to be a jenny! Makes saving her more worth it in regards to... well, numbers and ratios, I guess... she has become a bit of a lapper due to her treatments as a poult.

She has some scarring on her feet making a few toes bigger than others, otherwise you would not know

 

[Turkey parents]

Injections are plenty easy. Excede is intramuscular so it doesn't need to be particularly precise, just get it into the breast muscle and you can't miss. My fear with tubing is always hitting lungs, even though I know you are supposed to smell it, or pushing too hard, or poking something wrong.... usually my issues are not digestive related in the end anyways.
Your bird is lucky to have you!

Guess we all have something we worry about. Though I'm not sure I'd be too comfortable tube feeding either.

Hedylogus is definitely getting better, and is happier at home. He keeps himself in our bedroom in our 5th wheel camper trailer. We have blankets over the windows so it's fairly dark in there. We left the door open yesterday while we were working in the shop, came outside to check on him and couldn't find him. Started looking, checked the trailer twice before we decided to check the bedroom, and there he was on the bed just as happy as could be.

 

[OneMountainAcres]

I had to process our BB white hen yesterday. I haven't been out taking care of the flock lately because I broke my foot so DH and DD had been handling it. Basically, they were putting the feed out and coming in, not looking for any issues. She ended up egg bound and prolapsed so when I finally did get out there and saw, processing early was the best option. She dressed out at 22lbs. Not bad at all though she's the first broad breasted I've ever raised. I think the broody pile has a couple of her eggs so I may try to steal them and throw them in the incubator just in case any are good. Then I could have done hybrids to grow out.

 

[Molpet]

I had to process our BB white hen yesterday. I haven't been out taking care of the flock lately because I broke my foot so DH and DD had been handling it. Basically, they were putting the feed out and coming in, not looking for any issues. She ended up egg bound and prolapsed so when I finally did get out there and saw, processing early was the best option. She dressed out at 22lbs. Not bad at all though she's the first broad breasted I've ever raised. I think the broody pile has a couple of her eggs so I may try to steal them and throw them in the incubator just in case any are good. Then I could have done hybrids to grow out.

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Sorry for the broken foot
How did that happen?
How old was she? She dressed out nice.

 

[OneMountainAcres]

Sorry for the broken foot
How did that happen?
How old was she? She dressed out nice.

It's almost healed now, it's just my little toe now that's still swollen and painful but it was my entire foot that was swelled up and changing colors. I don't have insurance so I didn't go to the Dr but my boss gave me a medical boot lol. I kicked a metal door stopper...HARD. I heard a loud Crack and it was NOT the door stopper.

I hit it between my little toe and the one next to it so I'm not sure how my entire foot turned colors and my other toes. It's a mystery.

As far as the BB girl, she was 5-6 months old. I forget which swap I got her at.

 

[Molpet]

It's almost healed now, it's just my little toe now that's still swollen and painful but it was my entire foot that was swelled up and changing colors. I don't have insurance so I didn't go to the Dr but my boss gave me a medical boot lol. I kicked a metal door stopper...HARD. I heard a loud Crack and it was NOT the door stopper.

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As far as the BB girl, she was 5-6 months old. I forget which swap I got her at.

Owww owww owww
I wouldn't be feeding either

 

[Turkey parents]

Poor Hedylogus is on the mend, I may have to take him in to get his ears reopened, but he's doing good otherwise. We paint him with antimicrobial No Peck every day, it smells like grape soda, and stains everything purple. We have Vetrycine as well. He has decided my chest is good place to lay.

 

[Molpet]

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Poor Hedylogus is on the mend, I may have to take him in to get his ears reopened, but he's doing good otherwise. We paint him with antimicrobial No Peck every day, it smells like grape soda, and stains everything purple. We have Vetrycine as well. He has decided my chest is good place to lay.

Glad he is doing good

 

[muddy75]

I had to process our BB white hen yesterday. I haven't been out taking care of the flock lately because I broke my foot so DH and DD had been handling it. Basically, they were putting the feed out and coming in, not looking for any issues. She ended up egg bound and prolapsed so when I finally did get out there and saw, processing early was the best option. She dressed out at 22lbs. Not bad at all though she's the first broad breasted I've ever raised. I think the broody pile has a couple of her eggs so I may try to steal them and throw them in the incubator just in case any are good. Then I could have done hybrids to grow out.

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How old was she?

 

[muddy75]

How old was she?

I found it…..
She was laying at 5-6 mo She was 30-35# live weight using the 72% conversion
I’ve had my BBs up to 5-6 mos but none ever showed signs of POL nor did we find any near mature eggs at processing time