Turkey with a Cold

JimW · Post by **JimW** » Sat Feb 13, 2016 4:41 pm

When I went out to give the birds some warm water and warm food today, I noticed my 1 turkey hen had a bit of a sniffle and looks to be a little puffy around her eyes. She is still active and eating and drinking.

Treatment suggestions?

JimW

SandyM · Post by **SandyM** » Sat Feb 13, 2016 4:53 pm

Well if it was me.

Probiotics. Turmeric. Garlic. Rubbed oregano. That's where I'd start and go from there? Does VetRX work on turkeys?

JimW · Post by **JimW** » Sat Feb 13, 2016 7:51 pm

Thanks Sandy I will give the herbs a try and keep an eye on her if does not improve or gets worse I will look for something stronger.

JimW

ross · Post by **ross** » Sat Feb 13, 2016 7:52 pm

Sent email . Luck

windwalkingwolf · Post by **windwalkingwolf** » Sun Feb 14, 2016 4:31 am

If she's one you need to save, get her away from the other turkeys asap. Quarantine immediately and treat heavily, whether you go herbal route, (and yes, vet rx works for turkeys almost as well as it works for chickens :) ) or conventional e.g. antibiotics.
If she's not an important breeder, I'd tag her as a cull and do her in asap.. Sneezing/coughing and swollen face is almost always sinusitis caused by mycoplasma, which once in your flock is there for good and even passes down through eggs. There are other things that can cause similar symptoms, but all have pretty much the same treatments. If you're ok with antibiotics, give Tylan if you can get your hands on it.

JimW · Post by **JimW** » Sun Feb 14, 2016 1:19 pm

Thanks WWW,

She actually looks a bit better today. She is separated from the rest of the birds, about 75 yards from everyone else, in a cage in my tempo car shelter so she is protected from the elements.

So far everyone else looks fine. I added some Super Booster to everyone's water today. Tomorrow I will clean out the straw in the turkey pen and put down some fresh shavings.

The ill turkey is not one I had big breeding plans for so I might just cull her?

Post by **Killerbunny** » Sun Feb 14, 2016 1:55 pm

I would cull JMO. You don't need mycoplasma in the flock (not that I'm saying it is that). I wouldn't want to chance it getting into the others at a low level and potentially spreading via eggs and poults.
Not a nice answer but???

JimW · Post by **JimW** » Sun Feb 14, 2016 2:48 pm

Thanks everyone the turkey hen will be culled later this afternoon. She was a Spanish Black hen I got last spring, so not one of the breeds I am really working with anyways.

Post by **Killerbunny** » Sun Feb 14, 2016 2:54 pm

Sorry to hear that.