Swollen chest; hot to touch, and vomiting

[gstreif]

One of our rescue turkeys has developed a large, swollen, red, and hot to the touch mass in her chest area. We rushed her to the ER Vet and are sitting in our truck waiting for the Vet to let us know what he thinks it may be. Does anyone know what this could be?

 

[R2elk]

One of our rescue turkeys has developed a large, swollen, red, and hot to the touch mass in her chest area. We rushed her to the ER Vet and are sitting in our truck waiting for the Vet to let us know what he thinks it may be. Does anyone know what this could be?View attachment 2132263
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Impacted crop. Probably requires surgery to repair.

Spoiler: Crop Surgery video thanks to [USER=185632]@Bantambird[/USER]

 

[Bantambird]

Yes, looks like impacted crop. Thing to watch for afterwards is pendulous crop. The hen who underwent surgery is doing very well, but had to wear a compression bandage for a while to help tighten everything up. Tube bandages work just fine since they have lots of flex so yet offer adequate compression. Cut out wing slots and put it on like a sweater so the tube completely encompasses her crop after surgery. Soft, easily passed foods like hard boiled eggs, yogurt, soaked feed are all good to feed after surgery, but don't let her go ham on food right away because you don't want to stretch the stitches, so feed her small amounts often while she recovers in your hospital pen.

 

[Bo Garrett]

Your bird looks to be a broad breasted white and they are prone to many problems, pendulous crop being one of them. This looks to be pendulous crop, probably not impacted. Turkeys will always feel warm to the touch as they have a higher body temperature than humans, usually around 106.1 degrees. Surgery may correct the problem temporarily but this strain of turkeys are prone to eat copious amounts of feed due to their higher metabolism and rate of growth, this being the case it will probably stretch back out with time. Life expectancy on this strain is not very long due to the multiple issues with structural decline and heart problems associated with the exceptionally rapid growth rate.

Blessings,

Bo

 

[casportpony]

Welcome to BYC! What did the vet say? My Royal Palm has this once, the cause of her swollen crop was a bacterial infection. A few days of Baytril and she was good as new.