2 weeks old, broad breasted bronze, got 8 from the hatchery. No signs of disease.
We moved the turkeys in with the broiler chickens since we had to get a larger pen out anyway. They were shipped together and have been quarantined since we got them, so I'm not overly concerned with disease. I may separate them again if they start pecking, but so far so good.
Anyway, one of my turkeys appears to have a minor form of splay leg. His leg is twisted at the joint - this is recent, within the last two days. We're going to use the splay leg treatment and hope for the best. Any other ideas on what it could be?
Another one is just broken. We can't figure out what's wrong with him, so I'm giving him another 24 hours before we cull. He doesn't walk (he can't, he just doesn't), his feathers are coming in wrong, he shows very little interest in water unless you put him right in front of it, and even less interest in food. The other turkeys don't make it a point to go near him and he's totally excluded from the flock. I don't know what it could be.
We moved the turkeys in with the broiler chickens since we had to get a larger pen out anyway. They were shipped together and have been quarantined since we got them, so I'm not overly concerned with disease. I may separate them again if they start pecking, but so far so good.
Anyway, one of my turkeys appears to have a minor form of splay leg. His leg is twisted at the joint - this is recent, within the last two days. We're going to use the splay leg treatment and hope for the best. Any other ideas on what it could be?
Another one is just broken. We can't figure out what's wrong with him, so I'm giving him another 24 hours before we cull. He doesn't walk (he can't, he just doesn't), his feathers are coming in wrong, he shows very little interest in water unless you put him right in front of it, and even less interest in food. The other turkeys don't make it a point to go near him and he's totally excluded from the flock. I don't know what it could be.