Turkey poult with possible prolapsed vent and what does normal poult poop look like.

[Eliza1313]

I have a poult that is about 6 days old. I think he may have a partially prolapsed vent. When looking at his vent with him right-side up, the top portion of the vent is protruding out farther and looks a bit inflamed. There is also died poop on the feathers surrounding the vent, but not obstructing it. Is there anything that can be done to help him?

Also need to know if poult poop is the same as chick poop. I have taken a look at the links posted in other threads for chicken poop, it does fall into the category of possibly being normal. The poop has the normal solid bits to it but a lot of clear liquid too. On the link for chicken poop it says that can be them drinking more water to cool down or that they aren't getting enough nutrition. They were staying huddled under the heat lamp, but it was uncomfortably hot in the building for me so I turned the window unit down about 5 degrees to 77. They are currently on a 20% starter since I have some chicks in with them to show them the ropes. I do have a game bird starter with 28% on hand. Planning on mixing the two to get to about 22% protein. Do you think it is the temperature being too high or should I put the higher protein food in for them and remove the chicks? The poults are all heritage breeds, so I don't want them to grow too quickly. I also don't want them to be malnourished.

Need to find the thermometer I had, think it was pulled out of the brooder while cleaning out the dirty shavings. I will be putting in a brooder plate to replace the heat lamp hopefully this evening, did not get them sanitized from the previous batch of chicks that are outside now.


Thanks.

 

[Eliza1313]

Update:

Followed the recommendation on another thread to use witch hazel for the prolapsed vent. Did a thorough rinse of the area, then used the blow dyer to dry him off. Of course he just had to poop in my lap while being dried off. Oh well at least it was a healthy looking poop, not too wet or too dry. Then applied the witch hazel with a cotton swab. It looked a lot better when I checked it today, not completely normal looking yet so he got dosed again this evening. Will see how it looks tomorrow.

In addition to lowering the room temp in the shed they are in, I mixed a 3:1 ratio of the chick starter to gamebird starter to get about a 22% ration. Less watery poop overall now. Glad it was not a case of diarrhea, as the recommendation in the pamphlet from the hatchery for the turkeys if they started having diarrhea was to start them on a sulfa antibiotic and I can not find that at any of the feed stores so would have had to go through a vet.

Set up the brooder plate in place of the heat lamp this evening and showed them all what it was for. Hopefully they will do as well with it as the previous batch of chicks I used it with. Also found the thermometer, at the bottom of the bin of used shavings.

 

[Bobbiinthewilderness]

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