Turkey poult dying please help

[Harris14]

I need everyone’s advice. Brought home some turkey poults not even a week old. One of them started doing like a gag motion and really weak. Won’t eat. Sounds stuffy when it breathes. It died. Now a few days later another one is getting symptoms. Doesn’t sound stuffy but it keeps closing its eyes and laying down. Seems really weak. Doesn’t want to eat or drink. My questions are
What could it be?
Is this something that could be passed to my chickens?
How is it treated?
After death could it still be spread from the carcass?
Please and thank you. I need help fast.

 

[Eggcessive]

They can suffer from shipping stress if you got them at the feed store. Or did they come from a breeder? I am familiar with chicks, but not poults, but I would offer some sugar water or electrolytes by dipping the beak often, and then some raw egg, and mushy feed. Fluids are most important. Check for any pasty butt, and keep it cleaned off. Do you have them under heat? I hope that you can save them.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I need everyone’s advice. Brought home some turkey poults not even a week old. One of them started doing like a gag motion and really weak. Won’t eat. Sounds stuffy when it breathes. It died. Now a few days later another one is getting symptoms. Doesn’t sound stuffy but it keeps closing its eyes and laying down. Seems really weak. Doesn’t want to eat or drink. My questions are
What could it be?
Is this something that could be passed to my chickens?
How is it treated?
After death could it still be spread from the carcass?
Please and thank you. I need help fast.

And so far the other poults are eating and drinking so I’m hoping for the best. Would penicillin or LA 200 be good here? Could this be mycoplasma causing it? I read it causes infection throughout the body and bumble is infection. I’m sorry for posting so much but I’m trying to keep these babies from dying.

I'm sorry you're having trouble.

Can you post photos of them, the brooder setup and the feet? You mention Bumblefoot and it goes completely through the foot?

What are you feeding and what type of bedding are you using?

Does the room/area/brooder have good ventilation?
They are doing well during the day, but each night ones dies - how much space in the cage? Are they trampling each other?
How much heat/warmth are they getting - please give the temp of the warm side and cold side of the brooder.

With more information, hopefully you will get some suggestions that may help you through this.

I don't know a lot about Turkeys, so if you'll get some photos/info maybe those that do raise Turkeys can give their input.

@Huntmaster @R2elk

 

[Harris14]

Thanks everyone. All the poults have passed. I have never seen bumble in a baby. They seemed to have a hard time breathing. Like fluid was in there lungs. I felt so bad for those babies. It made me angry that they suffered like they did.

 

[CloneFly]

I'm so sorry you're going through this. I'm not very knowledgeable on poultry, but @azygous or @Wyorp Rock may be able to help!

 

[Harris14]

The baby died. We took the other poults out and cleaned there cage. They was purchased from a breeder and have good light. Kept in the house. We started cleaning there feet also just in case poo was there. One has pasty butt. I noticed on 3 that they have what looks like bumblefoot. It’s hard and goes completely through the feet. I took tweezers and pulled it out of there feet. I’ve been putting vitamins and stuff in there water. I’ve never seen bumble in a baby.

 

[Huntmaster]

Can you post photos of them, the brooder setup and the feet? You mention Bumblefoot and it goes completely through the foot?

What are you feeding and what type of bedding are you using

@Harris14 this info would help sorry your poults are dying. Bumble on a poult that young I have never seen. But if there is bumble feet then doesn't sound like they were kept in best conditions. As you mentioned cleaning poop covered feet. Bumble feet, Pasty butt. Only so much stress young poults can handle.

 

[Eggcessive]

Sorry that you lost the 2. Bumblefoot would be almost unheard of in a week old bird kept on bedding. Could there be mice or rats inside the brooder getting at the feet? How were the birds kept at the breeders? Did they have bedding to keep the feet dry? LA 200 is tetracycline and is used in chickens to treat MG and some other infections. If possible send a body to your state vet for a necropsy. That is the best way to find out what is wrong. From my experience it can take 2 weeks or more for mycoplasma to show up as symptoms. It sounds more like a bad hatch from the breeder. Do you have a feed store locally who will be selling healthy poults? Here is a list of state vets to send a bird for a necropsy:
https://www.metzerfarms.com/poultry-labs.html

 

[Rock17]

@Eggcessive can you help? I’m rubbish with turkeys.

 

[Harris14]

And so far the other poults are eating and drinking so I’m hoping for the best. Would penicillin or LA 200 be good here? Could this be mycoplasma causing it? I read it causes infection throughout the body and bumble is infection. I’m sorry for posting so much but I’m trying to keep these babies from dying.