Poult with a knee injury

[R2elk]

I would agree that the poult should have a chance to live, as long as it can get enough nutrition, and is not being picked on by others.

Leg bone deformities such as varus valgus deformity, tibial dyschondroplasia, or rotated tibia are very common in meat birds, and may be misdiagnosed as slipped tendon. Slipped tendon is usually more evident at hatch. Here are some good articles including good pictures of various deformities which usually cannot be treated:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032579119479595

https://www.researchgate.net/public..._of_the_Intertarsal_Joint_in_Broiler_Chickens

This is a turkey and it normally is perosis and it is almost always caused by poor nutrition such as feeding a chick starter instead of a proper high protein turkey or game bird starter. Chick starter does not have the higher amounts of protein, lysine, methionine and niacin that they require for proper development at an early age.

 

[Eggcessive]

Perosis is also tibial dyschondroplasia (TD,) which is a leg bone deformity. What are the poults being fed @Coops Dad ? You might want to increase the b vitamins and add minerals such such as manganese with a feed for turkeys or game birds. What feed would you recommend @R2elk?

 

[Coops Dad]

I understand the nutritional needs of turkeys pretty well; I worked on a farm in Virginia in my youth that raised BBWs on organic feed as part of their operations. I'm feeding them a high protein feed for turkeys and game birds; it's guaranteed min protein is 28%, free feeding plus they get all day in pasture grass. I've seen them scratching up grubs, bugs and eating seed heads off the grasses.

This happened either Thursday or Friday because I let them out Thursday morning and my wife put them up that night and let them out Friday morning. I came home and went to put them up and found this little lady with a limp. Closer examination showed her leg twisted.

 

[Eggcessive]

I think a lot of bone deformities and perosis may be hereditary, or that the parent stock could be deficient in vitamins or minerals. It is hard to know for sure, but it sounds like your nutrition is good. Maybe she hurt the leg and hurt the tendon or ligament? I think that you have a good plan to cull her earlier if her leg gets worse. As I said, I am not a turkey expert, but R2Elk is pretty familiar with them.