Help!! My turkey won't stand up!

[Gord2012]

thanks for ur reply . i was going 2 say that my turkey isnt that heavy yet she is most proberly about 20 lb , she shud grow up 2 about 40 - 50 lbs in wieght well thats wat the guy sed at the turkey farm where we bout them from , i dont think its from her weight , and it happned pretty quickly on wednesday she was standing up but nt walking about then on thursday she wudnt get up or even try 2 , ive given her vitamins 4 the last 2 days ans nothing have really happened . soo im gonna give her until wednesday coz i dont wont process just yet , she is a very friendly and a funny turkey il b guuted 2 see her go .

 

[PekinBantam]

Do you feel any beaks in the legs?

 

[Celie]

I agree with Silkychicken. Unfortunately, BB turkeys are designed to be meat, nothing else and if their legs cannot support their weight, they should go to freezercamp, before they have a heart attack or get sores on their breast from the damp ground. They are bred to grow very fast and get tremendous double sized breasts. That is why, if you don't want heart and/leg problems, you have to limit their intake so the legs can grow at a rate to compensate for their Heavy weight bodies. In the long run, they will not be breeding material, as they would have to be AI to reproduce. They are designed to be raised for only so long and go to freezer camp. Which is the long and short of this breed. If you want to raise Turkeys, you might want to start looking at heritage breeds, that you can raise as perpetual turkeys.

 

[Gord2012]

theres no breaks in her legs , she`s nt very heavy either . i checked on her earlier and wen i moved her she stood up and just sat there , thts more than she has done 4 a few days . hopefully she`s getting better , thanks 4 trying to help me out much appreiated .

 

[SillyChicken]

Just curious what you ended up doing with her?

Oh.. never mind, he made another thread about the birds not being able to move around and had to put her down. and doesn't look like hes posted since then.

 

[Gord2012]

i ended up putting her dwn was very sad tym , had to be done thou . i dont like 2 see anything suffering . i found out off a vet i know and he said it was some kind of hepititus that it caught from when it was an egg .

 

[kuntrygirl]

i ended up putting her dwn was very sad tym , had to be done thou . i dont like 2 see anything suffering . i found out off a vet i know and he said it was some kind of hepititus that it caught from when it was an egg .

 

Sorry to hear about your tom. Hepatitis? I have never heard that before. He did a neropsy on your Tom to determine that?

 

[Gord2012]

no he didnt . he told me he tested a few in his time and they was proven for it , the liver was 2 and half times the size it should be and it was like a dark green colour inside when we cut it in half . so if u have any issues like that ul know naw wat it is .

 

[rwgnamvet]

I BOUGHT A BOURBON RED TOM ON OCTOBER 14 2013 AND WHEN I BROUGHT HIIM HOME HE WALKED FOR TWO WEEKS THEN JUST LAYED DOWN HE EATS AND DRINK hE IS A HUGE TOM
ANYONE WITH SUGGESTION

 

[Alu2]

Hi! I'm raising a turkey for the first time. The purpose is to eat him, instead of having him as a pet. He's a male. A week ago he started to breath like a "chiken when is stressed out"...I gave Him aspirin with a seringe, but he just keep breathing like that. We also gave him a mix made with an egg and nettles. He got better...but today he keeps panting and doesnt get up...though he eats with apitite!