Help! Bowed leg turkey

[applebutter14]

I just recently bought 2 narragansett Turkey chicks and this morning I went to check on them and I noticed that one of them had its leg really bowed in. I tried to make a splint but it didnt work right, so now I am here hopelessly wondering what I can do for my poor lil guy. He eats and drinks fine. And i also noticed that where his leg bends, it's more swollen on his bowed leg.

 

[casportpony]

What are you feeding him?

 

[casportpony]

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

That looks like perosis which is from a vitamin deficiency. Splints won't help, I would try vitamins but it may be too late.

 

[casportpony]

There have been a few people that have corrected deformities like that, but most people can't. This is how one person treated their peachick:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/peachick-with-slipped-tendon.1092979/

This post in that thread shows how they splinted it:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/peachick-with-slipped-tendon.1092979/page-2#post-16817050

 

[casportpony]

And here is what I have on perosis:

 

[applebutter14]

What are you feeding him?

I've been feeding them non medicated chick starter

 

[casportpony]

I've been feeding them non medicated chick starter

Chick starter doesn't have enough of the vitamins and minerals that poults need, like niacin, so I suggest you get some 27-30% protein *starter* that is labeled for turkeys or gamebirds.

then start researching "slipped tendon", perosis, and niacin deficiencies in turkeys. Did you see the picures here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/peachick-with-slipped-tendon.1092979/page-2#post-16817050

 

[Eggcessive]

Unfortunately, I think you are dealing with a leg bone deformity—valgus deformity. If both legs are affected, then you may see a knock-kneed appearance, but your poult just has it on the left leg. Varus is the opposite deformity, and having it on both legs makes the legs look bow-legged. There is no treatment. Some chicks or poults may get around well enough, and some may eventually have hock tendons that rupture, making them lame. Here is some reading:
https://www.merckvetmanual.com/poul.../noninfectious-skeletal-disorders-in-broilers

 

[Eggcessive]

Here is a picture of varus or valgus deformity: