sickly turkey-any ideas

[fmiller]

I have four jersey buff turkeys that are approximately 8 weeks old! I went out to check on them last night and one of them has a droopy wing and is a little ruffled! He acts a little sluggish, but ran from me when I tried to catch him to take a look and made their alert sounds! I do have chickens but they are housed away from the turkeys and the turkeys are currently on cement floor! There was a blood spot inside the coop (just one), but their poop looks normal to me. I know it is a bit of a guessing game as to what is wrong! What would you do in this situation? Give the one with ruffled feathers Corid or Sulmet or try an antibiotic. I have Tylan 50 on hand or tetraclyclen. Another thought would be it could be droopy because he hurt his wing in some way! Any suggestions would be appreciated.

 

[ChurkLover]

Maybe he hurt his wing in some way? My turkey has an injured wing and it droops as well, although it doesn't look ruffled. I hope someone has more information than I do. I hope your turkey is okay.

 

[ivan3]

Get some help and a flashlight and examine the turk after dark. Could be an injury look for feathers broken off/pulled out, Range of motion of wings, obvious abrasions/punctures, bottoms of feet as well. I'd separate out the puny turk as chooks/turks cut the injured/sick no slack and will try to retire it from the `gene pool', if it is an illness it might be too late to prevent transmission but you might get lucky.