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Ever saw strange things on wild turkeys?
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<blockquote data-quote="megalomaniac" data-source="post: 5625639" data-attributes="member: 2805"><p>Almost all turkeys have lice or mites. Neither of which cause beard rot.</p><p></p><p>Beard rot is caused by a major stressor diverting protein/vitamin stores into the animal itself to recover from, which subsequently causes a weakening of the birds feathers. Same thing happens in poultry. When I raised show orpingtons, I had to be VERY careful they wouldn't get heat stressed as juveniles in south MS, as they could develop stress barring of their feathers and wouldn't be showable as juveniles. Those stress barred feathers would molt out and be replaced with normal feathers after their first fall.</p><p></p><p>A lot of birds with beard rot have been shot the season before or sustained some type of major injury in the past... think whitails who were injured and the following year grew an abnormal rack.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="megalomaniac, post: 5625639, member: 2805"] Almost all turkeys have lice or mites. Neither of which cause beard rot. Beard rot is caused by a major stressor diverting protein/vitamin stores into the animal itself to recover from, which subsequently causes a weakening of the birds feathers. Same thing happens in poultry. When I raised show orpingtons, I had to be VERY careful they wouldn't get heat stressed as juveniles in south MS, as they could develop stress barring of their feathers and wouldn't be showable as juveniles. Those stress barred feathers would molt out and be replaced with normal feathers after their first fall. A lot of birds with beard rot have been shot the season before or sustained some type of major injury in the past... think whitails who were injured and the following year grew an abnormal rack. [/QUOTE]
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