Blackhead disease prevention 6/6/2015

[1 true Phoenix]

I know... But no worries... They are pet turkeys.

 

[1 true Phoenix]

So as long as they don't look sick and are not losing weight then I can skip the baytril?

 

[casportpony]

So as long as they don't look sick and are not losing weight then I can skip the baytril?

I only use Baytril if they are sick.

 

[1 true Phoenix]

I have a 6 week old baby turkey... Just lost his sibling 2days ago... Now stand hunched slightly and fluffed and has yellow coloring in poop... How do I treat a turk this young... Could it be blackhead?

 

[casportpony]

I have a 6 week old baby turkey... Just lost his sibling 2days ago... Now stand hunched slightly and fluffed and has yellow coloring in poop... How do I treat a turk this young... Could it be blackhead?

Sorry for your loss. Do you still have the body of the deceased one?

 

[1 true Phoenix]

Don't have the body... Had already burried it... Hadn't seen yellow poo with that one... When it died we assumed it had to do with weather change...

 

[casportpony]

Don't have the body... Had already burried it... Hadn't seen yellow poo with that one... When it died we assumed it had to do with weather change...

Can you dig it up?

 

[1 true Phoenix]

Here the pics of inside deceased turk.

 

[casportpony]

Here the pics of inside deceased turk.

Sadly that looks like blackhead. What antibiotics can you get?

 

[1 true Phoenix]

Ok... I have 250mg metronidizole tablets and baytril... Also have safeguard dewormer. This turkey will not be used for meat as I know you can't use metronidizole for birds intended for meat. This baby turkey as well as our other turkeys (adults) are all pet birds.