Is the feed fresh (check the date on the label), and what is the protein level? BBB need high protein feed, lots of fresh clean water, and FRESH food. The vitamins dissipate and the oils go rancid in commercial feeds when stored for long.
What is your brooder temperature under the lamps, and in the coolest area?
Are you adding anything to the feed or water other than turkey/gamebird starter?
Describe the brooder, is it on concrete or dirt, is it a wire floored raised pen, is it a box or tub? Indoors or outdoors, or in an unheated barn?
Jumbo Cornish crosses and Broad Breasted turkeys do sometimes flip do to heart failure. But not typically in the first week, that comes later, especially to overfed, inactive birds.
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