Baby Turkey with swollen ankle

[Hardheads Homestead]

Some one gave me two baby turkeys as a gift a couple months ago. They came from the local feed store. I have a little farm and they thought turkeys would be a good addition. I was thankful but a little overwhelmed at the time to try to learn about a new animal. I brooded them and then put them in with the chickens, everything seemed fine so I thought I was doing a pretty good job. I think they are 2 or maybe three months old now and I noticed today that one of them is limping and their ankle joint is swollen. It doesn’t look red and I don’t see any injury or punctures. It may be a little warm but it’s hard to say. I just did a little bit of research and saw that I was supposed to be feeding them a higher protein feed. I just searched around and found a store a couple towns over that has turkey feed so I’ll be going to get that today. Could this be the problem? If it is the problem, will switching the feed help? What else might I be dealing with? I do have goats that the chickens and turkeys get in with sometimes so their is a good possibility it could have gotten stepped on.

Maybe related: I picked up the other turkey a couple weeks ago and realized they had a huge area on the outside of their hip that had been injured. The feathers and top layer of skin where gone but it had already scabbed over. It looked exactly like a burn but I have no idea what she would have burnt it on. It seems to be healing fine. I was just confused by that and thought maybe I should mention in just incase it could possibly be related.

 

[R2elk]

Pictures are needed. If it is the hock, it is a common injury to broad breasted turkeys that are not fed the proper feed from the start. It would not surprise me if it is perosis.

 

[Hardheads Homestead]

Pictures are needed. If it is the hock, it is a common injury to broad breasted turkeys that are not fed the proper feed from the start. It would not surprise me if it is perosis.

 

[Hardheads Homestead]

It’s not his hock it’s his foot. I believe they said he was a bronze breasted turkey. I’m leaning towards it being an injury because he wasn’t limping yesterday and he is limping much worse now than he was this morning.

 

[R2elk]

It’s not his hock it’s his foot. I believe they said he was a bronze breasted turkey. I’m leaning towards it being an injury because he wasn’t limping yesterday and he is limping much worse now than he was this morning.

Quite possibly a bad landing injury or even bumble foot.

There is no such thing as a bronze breasted turkey. I am sure they meant Broad Breasted Bronze.

You can try soaking the foot in a solution of Epsom salts and warm water.

 

[Hardheads Homestead]

Quite possibly a bad landing injury or even bumble foot.

There is no such thing as a bronze breasted turkey. I am sure they meant Broad Breasted Bronze.

You can try soaking the foot in a solution of Epsom salts and warm water.

Thank you! I will try that. I feel so bad for him, he is barely putting any weight on it at all tonight. I hope it doesn’t progress any worse overnight

 

[Hardheads Homestead]

Just to give everyone an update. The Turkey is doing okay. He seems to be limping less and less every day but his foot does still look swollen. I hope he continues to improve. Thank you for all of your help.