Help! My turkey's leg is bowed!

[Judy1413]

Hello Everyone!
I am brand new to owning a flock. I noticed today that the right leg on one of our white turkeys (around 5 weeks old) is bent/bowed. I am certain it was not like this as of yesterday. She still runs around, but I have noticed that as they day has gone on, she will lay down more often than the other. She is eating and drinking fine. Any advice/help would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you!

 

[Birdsong 78]

Good afternoon BYC I have a Rhode Island red she is about 1314 weeks possibly 15 weeks old. About 2 1/2, three weeks ago I noticed she had trouble walking. I checked her legs I see nothing. I decided to tape her leg to give her some rigidity and put her in a small dog crate inside the coop with food and water close by so she didn't have far to travel. I see no improvement whatsoever on her condition. Her leg seems to stay in front of her. Like she doesn't have the muscle to Bring it to the back of her. Any help would be great thanks in advance.

 

[Kiki]

Hi
Welcome to BYC!
We are so glad you joined our coop.
This video should help you find your way around the site.

You both may want to read through this too:
https://sites.google.com/a/poultrypedia.com/poultrypedia/poultry-podiatry

 

[drumstick diva]

Kiki has given an excellent link to podiatry issues.

 

[Judy1413]

Hello Everyone!
I am brand new to owning a flock. I noticed today that the right leg on one of our white turkeys (around 5 weeks old) is bent/bowed. I am certain it was not like this as of yesterday. She still runs around, but I have noticed that as they day has gone on, she will lay down more often than the other. She is eating and drinking fine. Any advice/help would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you!

Kiki has given an excellent link to podiatry issues.

Thank you guys! She is still running around, but you can definitely tell there is still an issue. I read the link Kiki sent (Thank you so much!) and am going to see if it's the achilles tendon that needs to be popped back in. Will let you know how things go! Thanks again!