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I have read all the other post about swollen turkey heads and am not quite getting my question answered.
I hatched two MW turkey eggs. One of them developed a swollen head after a couple weeks, it died shortly after. The second turkey was fine for another couple weeks and then developed the same thing but is still alive now. It has been quarantined. Both sides of the face became extremely swollen, it was sneezing and had a crusty nose and the eyes were a little weepy. This went on for another month or so. Based on what I have read, I think it has swollen head syndrome. I gave tylosin (read to try on another post). It didn't seem to help. The bird stopped sneezing and didn't have nose crust anymore, but it's face had not went down so I decided I was going to cull it because I couldn't find information to help with what my next move should be.
I went to look at the bird today and it's face is literally deflated and almost back to normal overnight. It looks like deflated bags under it's eyes.
My question is what do I do with this bird? I have over 100 chickens and turkeys and am afraid to put it in with them. If it is/was swollen head syndrome, I know there is no cure, but is it ever NOT contagious when the symptoms go away? It has been growing, eating, and drinking perfectly fine through this whole ordeal which seems like it has been going on about 2 months or more now.
I also put 1 chick in with it because I heard the chick making a funny breathing noise and thought it may have the same thing. That chick's face never swelled up and the rattle sound is gone. I'm not sure what to do with that bird either in case it is a carrier of what the turkey has since they were quarantined together.
I hatched two MW turkey eggs. One of them developed a swollen head after a couple weeks, it died shortly after. The second turkey was fine for another couple weeks and then developed the same thing but is still alive now. It has been quarantined. Both sides of the face became extremely swollen, it was sneezing and had a crusty nose and the eyes were a little weepy. This went on for another month or so. Based on what I have read, I think it has swollen head syndrome. I gave tylosin (read to try on another post). It didn't seem to help. The bird stopped sneezing and didn't have nose crust anymore, but it's face had not went down so I decided I was going to cull it because I couldn't find information to help with what my next move should be.
I went to look at the bird today and it's face is literally deflated and almost back to normal overnight. It looks like deflated bags under it's eyes.
My question is what do I do with this bird? I have over 100 chickens and turkeys and am afraid to put it in with them. If it is/was swollen head syndrome, I know there is no cure, but is it ever NOT contagious when the symptoms go away? It has been growing, eating, and drinking perfectly fine through this whole ordeal which seems like it has been going on about 2 months or more now.
I also put 1 chick in with it because I heard the chick making a funny breathing noise and thought it may have the same thing. That chick's face never swelled up and the rattle sound is gone. I'm not sure what to do with that bird either in case it is a carrier of what the turkey has since they were quarantined together.
