Turkey poult broken leg!!!

[Fluffbutts84]

Okay, I am going to doctor it up when I get home...I hope I can get the tendon in place, I already have vet tape on hand, firstly I am stopping at TSC after work. What feed exactly should I get? Also I have vitamin B complex in a liquid form at home that I use for my ducks. How much should I add to their water? Thanks for all the info.

 

[R2elk]

Okay, I am going to doctor it up when I get home...I hope I can get the tendon in place, I already have vet tape on hand, firstly I am stopping at TSC after work. What feed exactly should I get? Also I have vitamin B complex in a liquid form at home that I use for my ducks. How much should I add to their water? Thanks for all the info.

Vitamin B complex can be mixed up at the rate of 1/2 tablet or capsule dissolved in one gallon of water. It is unlikely that TSC will have any proper turkey or game bird starter in stock but they can order the proper feed from Purina.

https://www.purinamills.com/game-bird-feed/products/detail/purina-game-bird-turkey-startena
https://www.purinamills.com/game-bird-feed/products/detail/purina-game-bird-turkey-startena
TSC has been falsely advertising their 20% protein chick starter as being appropriate for game birds and turkey poults. It is not appropriate for either game birds or turkey poults as it is lacking in the protein, lysine, methionine and niacin amounts that are needed.

 

[Fluffbutts84]

So I taped her leg but she just lays there now. I straightened the leg and I feel a minor click...but the leg still looks weird after I taped it. Not sure what is going on.

 

[Fluffbutts84]

And it's going inwards

 

[R2elk]

And it's going inwards

Straightening the leg is for ease in popping the tendon back in place. You want to tape or better yet put a brace on the leg to hold it in its natural position while it heals.

 

[Fluffbutts84]

I really don't feel the tendon out. This is what her leg looks like...it's bowing inwards

 

[Fluffbutts84]

This is how bad it is

 

[Fluffbutts84]

I haven't heard back. I don't know what to do about this poor turkeys leg. I added more pics of how badly it's bending inwards. I don't feel a slipped tendon or anything broken.

 

[casportpony]

I haven't heard back. I don't know what to do about this poor turkeys leg. I added more pics of how badly it's bending inwards. I don't feel a slipped tendon or anything broken.

Is a vet an option?

 

[casportpony]

This is a very serious condition and it might not be treatable. Have you started it on turkey starter yet? Do you have a scale you can weight it on?