Leg Injury in Poult: NEED ADVICE

[newbie456]

To begin: I am a Peace Corps volunteer trying to help a local community member out with his turkey population (it's a long story.) We're operating with low quality or handmade equipment, We've done three rounds of incubations: the last two had issues including power outages and some kind of infection, but from the first we had two healthy poults. No spraddle leg or other issues occurred.

I had gone away for a few days and left the poults in the care of someone who is knowledgeable of the setup, and when I returned, one of the two younglings had a leg gone gammy. I asked what had happened and the man said he went in and found it like that.
The leg is almost perpendicular to the other, and while it appears awkward to walk on, it does not seem to be hurting the poult. (It will let me touch the hock and thigh area, and not attempt to fight or flee.)

I had tried to splint it, but with the materials available to me (which is really not much), it didn't work out. I'm at a loss of what to do. Any advice is greatly appreciated.

 

[R2elk]

To begin: I am a Peace Corps volunteer trying to help a local community member out with his turkey population (it's a long story.) We're operating with low quality or handmade equipment, We've done three rounds of incubations: the last two had issues including power outages and some kind of infection, but from the first we had two healthy poults. No spraddle leg or other issues occurred.

I had gone away for a few days and left the poults in the care of someone who is knowledgeable of the setup, and when I returned, one of the two younglings had a leg gone gammy. I asked what had happened and the man said he went in and found it like that.
The leg is almost perpendicular to the other, and while it appears awkward to walk on, it does not seem to be hurting the poult. (It will let me touch the hock and thigh area, and not attempt to fight or flee.)

I had tried to splint it, but with the materials available to me (which is really not much), it didn't work out. I'm at a loss of what to do. Any advice is greatly appreciated.View attachment 1798243 View attachment 1798244

Looks to be perosis (slipped tendon) due to malnourishment. I am assuming that the poults are not getting a proper turkey or gamebird starter. What ever feed they are getting is very likely to have insufficient quantities of niacin and thiamine. You can help out on the B vitamins by getting a good vitamin B complex that is sold wherever they sell vitamins for people. Mix it up at the rate of 1/2 capsule or tablet to 1 gallon of water. It should be made fresh daily and should be the only source of water available.

You also need to manipulate the tendon so it is back in place and then splint or tape it the proper position.

Unfortunately the vitamin B complex will not help with the insufficient lysine, methionine and protein levels. Feeding chopped up hard boiled eggs (minus the shells) can also help.