First Time Turkeys

[casportpony]

it seems in turkey farms, Black Head also known as histomoniasis is in Canada
https://www.canadianpoultrymag.com/health/focus-on-bird-health-30011

it is in the USA , but not by me.

I mean this in the nicest way possible... How do you know it's not near you?

 

[rjohns39]

I mean this in the nicest way possible... How do you know it's not near you?

@casportpony I hate to say this, but the only way I've found to know for sure is to try it. Not my first choice, but when I got started I talked to my extension agent, my local vets, the department of agriculture and the state vet. I got answers from "definitely no not in your area" to "definitely yes certainly its in your area." Finally, I found a vet (not an avian vet) here on BYC that lives close to me and raises turkeys and chickens together. She helped me understand the risks and mitigation approaches if I was to have it and I jumped in with both feet.

Safest approach is to keep chickens and turkeys separate, but not an option for me, so I rolled the dice and lucked out. I've had friends just down the road not so lucky.

So for the OP just know, if you keep them together it's a gamble.

 

[Molpet]

I mean this in the nicest way possible... How do you know it's not near you?

good point
.. let me rephrase.. no reported cases in commercial farms, backyard poultry or wild harvested by me

 

[silky ma]

You can control blackhead with cayenne/ tumeric / fresh garlic in their feed anc garlic/ acv in their water.