I checked out ivan3's post and watched both videos. Those birds are normal compared to this turkey.
I almost culled her this morning. She was laying down, not moving, with her head twisted 450 degrees from normal and eyes shut. I set up a spot to hang her from, got the knife ready, got a bucket for the blood, found some cord to make leg shackels, everything. When I went to get her, she was standing up preening her LEFT side, the side she turns away from. When I came home from work, she was in her coop eating. She has eaten so much by herself today that she barely took the clover I offered (previously she grabbed whatever I gave her by the mouthful, I'd never seen a turkey swallow so much grass at one time). The water trough was full of food off of her beak, so I know she is drinking as well. I watched her eat for a while. Her head is turned a little more than 360, but she is able to peck straight down on the feed and eat. I guess I will call this an improvement
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I have heard of the Vitamin E/selenium thing before. I think I will try that if I can get to a store tomorrow.
I am wondering if this is a head injury. My birds have a clipped wing to keep them inside a six foot fence. I watched a midget white have a terrible crash landing after it tried to fly to the roof of the roost but missed and crashed into the roosts themselves on the way down (After seeing that crash I am considering opting for the risk of them flying out and facing the bobcats). Maybe this bird had a similar crash. As I mentioned in the first post, it also had been pecked pretty good in the head several times by other turkeys before I found it.
As long as she's eating on her own and can avoid lapsing into a coma, she gets another day
