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| Author: | learnchook [ Thu Oct 18, 2012 9:57 am ] | |||
| Post subject: | is this normal for turkey poult wings?? | |||
First time I've hatched turkey eggs and either on both wings or 1 wing the feathers stick out. is this normal? They are five days old and feed medicated turkey starter. A 7 chicks are like this.
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| Author: | oozcorpse [ Fri Oct 19, 2012 1:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: is this normal for turkey poult wings?? |
no not normal - the wing could be lazy or slipped or angel wing keep an eye on it as it grows - if lazy wing it might improve with age if slipped, same = age and strenghtening muscles if angel wing it will stay that way - more common in geese than turkeys tho = often due to poor nutrition in the parent birds leading up to breeding season sometime inherited tho |
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| Author: | learnchook [ Fri Oct 19, 2012 4:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: is this normal for turkey poult wings?? |
soozorps wrote: no not normal - the wing could be lazy or slipped or angel wing keep an eye on it as it grows - if lazy wing it might improve with age if slipped, same = age and strenghtening muscles if angel wing it will stay that way - more common in geese than turkeys tho = often due to poor nutrition in the parent birds leading up to breeding season sometime inherited tho Thanks soozorps. I hatched them for a friend and all of them have their wings like that so might be nutrition/inherited |
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| Author: | oozcorpse [ Fri Oct 26, 2012 10:46 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: is this normal for turkey poult wings?? |
learnerchook wrote: Thanks soozorps. I hatched them for a friend and all of them have their wings like that so might be nutrition/inherited could be a combination of both but if all have the same problem I doubt they will improve with age are they for food or where they for breeding from?? if food not a problem as it doesnt matter which way the wings go they still taste the same if for breeding = I wouldnt recommend using them   if it is inherited they will pass it on
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