Severly swollen leg 6 week old turkey

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Seriously injured about 6 weeks old turkey ,had been missing a few hours found in the ditch,there are multiple small wounds ,swelling is severe ,like paper thin skin ,Is there any suggestions, anything I can do to help .Thanks
 

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Seriously injured about 6 weeks old turkey ,had been missing a few hours found in the ditch,there are multiple small wounds ,swelling is severe ,like paper thin skin ,Is there any suggestions, anything I can do to help .Thanks
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Paint the "cuts", puncture wounds with Blu-Kote.

The good thing is that turkeys are very resilient to wounds and heal quite well with minimal or no intervention.
 
Does it feel like there is air under the skin? I ask because it looks like a ruptured air sac, which sounds worse than it is.
 

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