I have been raising turkeys for over 30 years. I also have a degree in Biology and have been a life long student of animals and plants. Having spent the time getting a degree I have come to the point that I understand that what is taught in colleges and universities is not always true.
I do...
I start my poults with a 28% protein turkey gamebird starter. They graduate to a 24% protein turkey gamebird grower. My adults are fed a quality 16% protein layer pellet. The poults get grass clippings once they are a few days old. They are on sand bedding so have a ready supply of grit from...
They give the adults the proper nutrition they need to produce good healthy poults. My understanding is that FOS (flip over syndrome) is due to a vitamin A deficiency.
I do not have this problem with any of my poults and suspect that it is very rare in the hatcheries that are dealing with...