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  • From: Larry Lombard <ljmelea@msn.com>
  • To: <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Urgent help needed for young turkey
  • Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 19:31:40 -0500

Greetings;first of all,i am sure you have givin it water.i would puts some greens out and perhaps some craked corn or chicken scratch.You should give the bird some small gravel for the gullet.other than that most turkey are quite hardy,i doubt that the chikens will be a problem.Where are you located?thanks,Larry

> Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 08:48:10 +1000
> From: cathie@dungog.net
> To: livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: [Livingontheland] Urgent help needed for young turkey
>
> This young turkey literally flew off the back of a truck in front of my
> car this morning. He is quite young, white feathered, huge in the breast
> and small of leg and wing, and appears to be bewildered by the daylight
> and the space he is now in ( on a farm)
> As far as I can tell, he's one of the commercially grown
> soon-to-be-frozen turkeys who are raised in sheds their whole short
> lives,so I'm not sure what to do with him(her?)
> I know that these commercially grown birds are fed a special high
> protein diet to make them grow fast and tender, and I know that a sudden
> change in diet can do nasty things to a bird's internals, so I need some
> advice on
> A)what should I feed it
> B)how should I house it-if it's been in a shed all it's life an open
> cage in the yard might cause pneumonia?
> C)Are there any special supplements (minerals, medications etc) that are
> required to maintain health?
> D)Do I need to keep this turkey away from my chickens, or are the
> chickens more dangerous to the turkey? In the dim recesses of my
> memory,there is something about the two breeds being a bad idea to keep
> together, but I can't remember why?
>
> I'd be grateful for any help I can get as I know nothing about turkeys
> xcept how to cook them,and they're not so common this side of the Pacific
> TIA
> Catherine
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