Airhead Turkey

Emm · #1 08-08-2009, 02:23 PM

I have a 4 month old turkey who's head started swelling a few days ago. Looked like a balloon on top of her head. Now the face, neck and chest area are ballooning out. It's not a whole lot. There are no other symptons, eating fine, preening, no discharge, breathing normal, poo is normal. I could not find any marks resulting from trauma. I took a syringe to try and drain, because I thought it was a fluid accumulation but it's all air, no fluid at all! Any advice? Or should I just keep "deflating" my turkey. Could it possibly be a respiratory rupture causing the air accumulation?

Thank you in advance for your replies.

P.S. At least she has a name now.....Airhead

Dondoyle26 · #2 08-09-2009, 05:18 AM

Hi, Emm

May I suggest you try the turkey board
It has very good breeders there
They are located at RareHeritageTurkey@yahoogroups.com people reply by email so I would suggest you use a secoundary email. They have been very helpful with my turkeys. Glenda suggested it to me and it really has helped out alot. I do remember seeing a pic of a turkey on their site that had a swollen head but, I do not remember the cause or what exactly it was.

Good luck.

donald