New member, new turkey momma

[Katelynnshay]

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[Katelynnshay]

Ty for letting me know!

How is your little doing now, sounds like your poult was injured somehow but that's just an assumption from what you stated. Can you take a pic and give some more info?

Unfortunately I believe worse .. still eating and drinking and otherwise seems healthy but the hock looks worse for sure.

 

[Katelynnshay]

Thank you everyone for your kind welcome and words of encouragement! I'm very nee to this page and may reply or post incorrectly lol bare with me please. I did add pictures so someone knows what it is and has a solution! I sure am praying and rooting for this little babe to recover and get back to normal.

 

[Huntmaster]

Ty for letting me know!

Unfortunately I believe worse .. still eating and drinking and otherwise seems healthy but the hock looks worse for sure.

So sorry to see that but from the one pic it kind of looks like its broken at the joint, might just be the picture. Does the joint or leg look twisted at the joint compared to the other. Hard to tell from the pics?

 

[Huntmaster]

So sorry to see that but from the one pic it kind of looks like its broken at the joint, might just be the picture. Does the joint or leg look twisted at the joint compared to the other. Hard to tell from the pics?

Can the poult move leg at the joint on its own, does it even try to straighten it out and walk with it?

 

[Huntmaster]

@Katelynnshay just seen your other post in turkeys it does look like broken at joint or slipped tendon. With all that inner bruising kind of looks like more damage than just a slipped tendon but like I said hard to tell from just pictures. Hoping the best for you and your new poult let us know how things are going. And welcome to BYC just wish we could be chatting about better times.

 

[Katelynnshay]

Can the poult move leg at the joint on its own, does it even try to straighten it out and walk with it?

So when she lays she stretches both legs to the side sometimes and other times she just sits with both legs under her. Here's a few more photos I just took hopefully with a better angle. Both legs look the same as far as the position, and if I extend the leg straight out she doesn't seem bothered by it. I have to quit messing with her though because it's bleeding a little now. I don't know if I should wrap it or not either, im very unprepared for a injury unfortunately. I dont have much to wrap the leg with but can more than likelycome up withsomethingif thats the route we should take. We have been giving them "Hydro-hen" mixed in their water it's a 3-in-1, probiotics+electrolytes +acidifiers (my apologies if your familiar with this already)I have read I should start vitamin B which I will as soon as I can get it tomorrow.

 

[Huntmaster]

It really looks like leg was twisted really bad at the joint and dislocated so bad poking bone through the skin. If it was just a slipped tendon the skin wouldn't normally be torn like that.

 

[Katelynnshay]

It really looks like leg was twisted really bad at the joint and dislocated so bad poking bone through the skin. If it was just a slipped tendon the skin wouldn't normally be torn like that.

Oh no. Is that something a vet can tend too? I'm starting to feel very discouraged our other baby that was doing perfect and lively is now very lethargic and I can't get her to wake up. I'm heartbroken.. I don't understand why they are both in any condition other than healthy. As I had said this is our first time having poults, but we haven't even had them a full 48 hours! I really believed that we'd have a good chance at raising them up and giving them as good a life as possible.. now I'm not even sure they'll make it to a week.

 

[007Sean]

I agree with @Huntmaster , it looks much worse than it did in the first pics. It looks to me that it may have a dislocated hock or possibly it has a fracture. A vet would probably want to euthanize it. What ever road you take, best wishes for a good outcome.