Whats wrong with my turkey??

[mango974]

My turkey Sugar can not stand up anymore! I try and stand her up and she just plops over. She is eating and drinking like normal. She is a free range turkey and also eats scratch and cracked corn. She has about 40 chicken friends. She is a rescued turkey so I am not sure of her age...but I have had her for a couple of years. Please help...I feel just terrible for her! I attached a picture of her so you can see how she lays with her legs backwards. THANK YOU!

 

[ScoobyRoo]

She doesn't look very big. I wish I could help but I have not had that problem yet. Maybe she is older than you think? Hopefully some one can help you but you need to give more info such as... what do you feed her?
does she free range?
Are there chickens around (cause of blackhead disease)
etc.
BTW

You will learn a lot here from others experiences.

 

[lotzahenz]

I am sorry about your turkey. Please post as much info as you can and a turkey person on here should help you out.

HenZ

Oh, and

 

[pdpatch]

Her feet look really bad, and most likely is the cause of the problems. Here feet hurt to much to stand on them.

Possible causes could be she was raised on dirty wet bedding.
Or she stepped in something and her feet got infected.

Since you had here for so long I would take here to a vet.
They have to be drained and treated with antibiotics or che won't last.

Tom

 

[bigchickenman]

Same her I agree with pdpatch her one foot looks to have a cyst or infection ball on it.I had a RIR hen that done the same way of not standing upon looking at her feet I noticed that she had something similar to this and my buddy who has raised chickens his whole life cut it out real easy and we confined her for about three weeks and she has been fine. Hope she does get better.

 

[ScoobyRoo]

Turkeys get bumble foot like chickens? If someone tells us yes, you need to go to the search tab for bumblefoot and it will tell you how to treat it.

 

[Harp Turkey Ranch]

yes looks like her feet are BAD, plus she could be a BB bronze and just weighs too much to stand ??? How big is she ??? are her feet reall that swollen ??