Baby turkeys legs go out

[Tim74]

3 weeks old and 2 of them can't walk , eat and drink , fly back and forth can't stand , was fine lastnight . Any ideas ?

 

[Judy]

This is a good resource for dealing with birds' foot and leg problems.

https://sites.google.com/a/poultrypedia.com/poultrypedia/poultry-podiatry

 

[casportpony]

3 weeks old and 2 of them can't walk , eat and drink , fly back and forth can't stand , was fine lastnight . Any ideas ?

I saw that once in some poults at the feed store, so brought them home, tube fed them. One recovered, the other died. They almost looked like they had a form of Marek's.

What does their poop look like?

 

[poultrylover12]

The affliction they might have is called splayed legs. I had turkeys once and they had this same problem. I found this site and it was helpful and worked and my turkeys got better in no time.

http://stoneheadcroft.com/2007/06/03/correcting-splayed-legs/​

 

[LilCtryGal]

Here is a picture of my Turkey's elbows. They are quite large and it stands on them with feet straight up. He's eating and I have him on electrolytes thinking he may have gotten to much protein. Are yours like this? I'm not sure what it is.

 

[casportpony]

Here is a picture of my Turkey's elbows. They are quite large and it stands on them with feet straight up. He's eating and I have him on electrolytes thinking he may have gotten to much protein. Are yours like this? I'm not sure what it is.

Wow, was not expecting that! Do some searching on mycoplasma synoviae.