Turkey Talk for 2014

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Wasson6Pack said:
Ok, so my husband just opened the turkey and there doesn't seem to be any black spots of any kinds. On my phone it almost looks like a couple white spots here or there. We are getting a pen set up so that they will not be near chickens and getting them their own feed. Thanks to all the advisors out there. I want ready for the sympathy I received from those I've never met and I am glad all had not been lost in this world.
Let me know if anyone would like me to text them pictures, I can not upload them here.
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Can you email them? My email is my BYC username @gmail.com.

-Kathy
 
rjoschko said:
My Beltsville poults are a little over 2 weeks old. The 1st one hatched early. It kept flipping onto its back, I should have named it Flip, lol. Anyways I tought it how to eat and drink. By the time the others hatched I never had to teach them, the 1st one did the teaching for me!


This is Freedom, she hatched on the 4th of July
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Hi welcome to BYC and the turkey thread. Your poult that is flipping is not good. Look almost half way down this page for help of flipping poults and this is alot of info on the care of poults you might want to look over.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/787208/turkeys-101-new-to-turkeys-what-do-i-need-to-know

Let us know how it goes. Good luck.
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I forgot to say I split the order with the lady next.door , she took 8 and I took 7 in the first three days she lost 5,.the next week I lost two in twenty four hours
 
@Wasson6Pack Just saw your necropsy pictures and can post them here if you want me to. Kudos to you and your husband for doing the necropsy.

-Kathy
 
chickadoodles said:
Quote: People should also know that turkey poults can get blackhead at a very young age from something called "cloacal drinking".

Source: http://www.thepoultrysite.com/artic...d-organic-poultry-blackhead-in-turkeys-part-1

  • Ingestion of soil or earthworms containing eggs of the caecal worm Heterakis gallinarum, infected with H. meleagridis
  • Uptake of H. meleagridis directly into the lower digestive tract through the process of 'cloacal drinking'
  • Oral ingestion of live H. meleagridis protozoa when stomach is not acidic enough to kill the pathogen.

"Cloacal drinking is the reflexive intake of fluids through the cloaca in order to inoculate the young bird’s immune system with the microbial flora of the surrounding environment."


More:
http://www.aaapjournals.info/doi/abs/10.1637/7420-081005R.1?journalCode=avdi

-Kathy
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casportpony said:
Quote: People should also know that turkey poults can get blackhead at a very young age from something called "cloacal drinking".

Source: http://www.thepoultrysite.com/artic...d-organic-poultry-blackhead-in-turkeys-part-1

  • Ingestion of soil or earthworms containing eggs of the caecal worm Heterakis gallinarum, infected with H. meleagridis
  • Uptake of H. meleagridis directly into the lower digestive tract through the process of 'cloacal drinking'
  • Oral ingestion of live H. meleagridis protozoa when stomach is not acidic enough to kill the pathogen.

"Cloacal drinking is the reflexive intake of fluids through the cloaca in order to inoculate the young bird’s immune system with the microbial flora of the surrounding environment."


More:
http://www.aaapjournals.info/doi/abs/10.1637/7420-081005R.1?journalCode=avdi

-Kathy
Thanks Kathy we all need all the help we can get when our birds are not themselves.
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