Turkey scare

[Valerie]

We had quite a scare with Turk-a-licious yesterday. I was out there and she was fine. A couple hours later Dave came in and said Something's wrong with Turk, she's on her back!

I ran out and she was on her back with her wings flopped out and her legs sticking up. She had her neck stretched out like she was straining to breathe. I quick rolled her over so her feet were under her, and dripped a little water in her mouth because she was panting so. She breathed real heavy for a while, but she was looking around and alert.

We left her and kept an eye on her. A little while later she stood up, got a drink, ate a little feed from my hand and walked over to some better shade where she sat down. Her poo was normal, too.

She seemed fine the rest of the evening and she's fine today. I don't have a clue how she got flipped over, though. That was crazy! She's so fat she couldn't get herself turned back over!

[Cyngbaeld]

If she is that fat, she must be ready for the table. Heritage hens should never get that big.

[Valerie]

I'm not so sure she is a heritage hen. I think she might be a broad-breasted bronze. We didn't plan to eat her, though.

[Cyngbaeld]

If she is a BBB, you need to eat her and find some heritage birds. She'll get so big she will die of a heart attack or go down in her legs and really suffer.

[Sheila]

Mar 20, 2013 21:22:10 GMT -5 Cyngbaeld said:

If she is a BBB, you need to eat her and find some heritage birds. She'll get so big she will die of a heart attack or go down in her legs and really suffer.

Yes my Uncle had one she got so big she couldn't stand up any more.

[joanfromzone6]

Mar 21, 2013 2:05:18 GMT -5 Sheila said:

Yes my Uncle had one she got so big she couldn't stand up any more.

shoot - my uncle had a wife like that -

[Valerie]

Oh no.... We didn't want to eat her.

This is not her. I got this pic off the internet, but this is what she looks like.