Smelly Turkey?

[OrlandoMama]

I’m very confused right now. I was loving up on my tom turkey and he smelled pretty bad. Not like poop or anything but a sickly smell. My chickens all smell perfectly fine, it’s just him. He acts normal and isn’t sick or anything but he smells very bad. Is there maybe an illness that I can’t see? Everything and everyone in the coop and run is kept clean. Idk what to do. He definitely has the opportunity to get dust baths. Should I gently give him a plain water bath? It’s plenty warm enough.

 

[SarahGfa]

Is the smell coming from the head or the rear? If he lets you handle him maybe you can inspect him for an infected wound or something.

 

[OrlandoMama]

Is the smell coming from the head or the rear? If he lets you handle him maybe you can inspect him for an infected wound or something.

So yesterday I gently sprayed him with the hose because he like it anyways and he smells a good bit better now and I smelled his head thinking he might’ve had a respiratory infection or something of the sorts and he smelled fine. I did a quick once over and didn’t see anything but I’ll do a much through one today. He’s a sweetheart so he’ll let me handle him plenty.