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Hi all,
I posted this in the turkey section, but since it's a meat-eating question, perhaps here would be more appropriate.
Long story short, a couple of days ago, one of our 8 week old BBB turkeys developed what appeared to be wryneck - walking backwards, then flopping around, and unable to eat. We tried the vitamin thing, feeding him by hand, but watching him was really difficult for DH. He really felt that the bird was suffering and since he's a meat bird anyway, would be best to dispatch him.
So I did. I can't think of a reason why not to, erm, celebrate his life with a feast... he didn't appear to have an "illness" per se - any reason why we shouldn't partake? (I didn't want to take any chances, so he's already dressed and "resting" in the fridge.)
I posted this in the turkey section, but since it's a meat-eating question, perhaps here would be more appropriate.
Long story short, a couple of days ago, one of our 8 week old BBB turkeys developed what appeared to be wryneck - walking backwards, then flopping around, and unable to eat. We tried the vitamin thing, feeding him by hand, but watching him was really difficult for DH. He really felt that the bird was suffering and since he's a meat bird anyway, would be best to dispatch him.
So I did. I can't think of a reason why not to, erm, celebrate his life with a feast... he didn't appear to have an "illness" per se - any reason why we shouldn't partake? (I didn't want to take any chances, so he's already dressed and "resting" in the fridge.)