Blackheads disease? or something else

Bruv

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Hi! So ive had this turkey named Q-tip for a couple months now. When she was little she was shaky and had trouble walking but overtime has gotten strong and we thought everything was fine but for about week she has been feeling down, no chirping like she usually does, and from what ive seen no eating or little to none. Ive also noticed she has been getting dark areas on her beak, nostrils and head. Is it blackheads disease? it looks different from pictures ive seen online but I cant come up with anything else. Shes been getting nutri drench in her water to see if she’ll get her appetite back. Please help ive had all my turkeys die lately and dont want her to go! shes the mate of my tom. she is younger than him, smaller than the previous female I had and we’ve seen him mount her twice, could it have been too early and hurt her? Reference picture of her younger - only about 2 months ago, no darkness on the face. Other pictures of her now. please let me know what I can do or she will die Thanks !
 

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Hi! So ive had this turkey named Q-tip for a couple months now. When she was little she was shaky and had trouble walking but overtime has gotten strong and we thought everything was fine but for about week she has been feeling down, no chirping like she usually does, and from what ive seen no eating or little to none. Ive also noticed she has been getting dark areas on her beak, nostrils and head. Is it blackheads disease? it looks different from pictures ive seen online but I cant come up with anything else. Shes been getting nutri drench in her water to see if she’ll get her appetite back. Please help ive had all my turkeys die lately and dont want her to go! shes the mate of my tom. she is younger than him, smaller than the previous female I had and we’ve seen him mount her twice, could it have been too early and hurt her? Reference picture of her younger - only about 2 months ago, no darkness on the face. Other pictures of her now. please let me know what I can do or she will die Thanks !
The name blackhead causes the erroneous belief that it causes the head to turn black. It does not cause this.

A very good indication of blackhead is yellow poop.

The black on your turkey's head may be due to pecking injuries.

If the tom is much bigger than her, he may have hurt her internally while trying to breed her.
 

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