Sick bird?

[DMP]

What’s wrong with him? Feathers are just falling off everywhere. Probably only weighs 15 lbs. had another much bigger and healthier Tom with him but took this one out based off what he looked like.




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[Duck cutter]

Cull Gobbler

Good job on managing the flock

[WhitewaterDuck]

Male pattern balding?? Covid? I’ve never seen that. Tissue looks healthy.

[Tmbrhntr]

Definitely nematodes or flouride!

[Catdaddy]

Call for a DNR biologist and let them test it.

That could be the answer to the numbers declining.

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[SaltMuck]

Looks like the kid who gets picked on. My chicken hens do the same thing.

[ShortMagFan]

Bet that is the turkey that the guy shot and thought he missed the other day on that thread that went off the rails.

[jevans]

I killed one last week that with 1.25” spurs that weighed 15lbs. I usually don’t weigh them, but he was so light feeling when I went to pick him up. When I was cleaning him one side of his breast meat looked almost like it was dehydrated or something. Wrinkled/shriveled up and was a lot smaller than the other side

[WoodieSC]

Feather shaft mites? It’s seen in chickens so I suppose it could cross.

[DMP]

Meat was clean and looked fine. No sign of past injuries.


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[DMP]

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[Chuck the Duck Slayer]

Avian flu?

[Rooster13]

About 20-25 years ago, I was hunting in Ruffin with my good friend Dennis who many of you know. We did not do any good first thing, so we separated and I soon walked up to the edge of a big field. I saw a big bird strutting probably 125 yards or so out. He would strut away from me for 8 seconds or so before turning back towards me for the same amount of time. The field had a lot of tall grass so I said what the heck, I am gonna try. The wind was blowing good from him towards me. When he would turn away , I would run for about 6 seconds and hide in the grass. I eventually got to where I knew my gun would kill him, shot and was amazed at what happened. The bird jumped 6-8 feet up in the air, feathers flew as if an internal bomb had gone off. When I got to him, he was losing even more by flopping but he only had about 6 tail feathers left and most of his wing and body feathers were scattered about. It looked almost like you picked him there. We found nothing wrong with him and the meat was fine. Somewhere I have pics that I will post if I find them of me holding the 6 feather fan up and laughing.

In telling this story to a turkey hunter I knew, he told me of some process that a turkey can shed almost all his feathers at once in rare occasions. There was a name for it, and I found a video somewhere showing one project probably 80-90% of his feathers at once. I am 72 and forget my own name sometimes, but if I find more info, I will post.