Turkey Limping, any ideas or suggestions?

[buschkn]

It will be a challenge to palpate him when he's not puffed up. Lol. He is ALWAYS puffed up strutting around. He thinks rather highly of himself.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

It is sad that we breed meat animals in such an unsustainable way. Profit margins and marketability are more important than quality of life for the animal, and that they are bred not to survive past such a young age. Like the Cornish Cross chickens. Sometimes I wonder if the poultry industry has crossed lines they shouldn’t have to meet market demands.

The world has definitely changed since I was a kid on a farm and critters ran free and ate grass. I think it's the price the animals pay for people to have cheap food, as well as an abundance of it. The saddest out come of the Cornish cross bird is than now most male chicks are killed on their first day because no one wants to raise them up for meat anymore.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

It will be a challenge to palpate him when he's not puffed up. Lol. He is ALWAYS puffed up strutting around. He thinks rather highly of himself.

All toms are full of themselves. Mine are always puffed up too strutting around.

 

[Kris5902]

Strangely enough... if they can survive and breed for a few generations, it’s also amazing how quickly they can revert to a functioning bird again. We have feral turkeys on our island, they were broad breasted bronze, but now more closely resemble a heritage bird!

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Strangely enough... if they can survive and breed for a few generations, it’s also amazing how quickly they can revert to a functioning bird again. We have feral turkeys on our island, they were broad breasted bronze, but now more closely resemble a heritage bird!

Nature does quickly fix our mistakes doesn't it.