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  1. ChickyMudder

    Failing at this turkey thing???

    Thanks for all your advice on the turkeys. These are happy, healthy poults. They didn’t need chicks to teach them to eat! They are doing it on their own. So they will be kept separate from the chicks. Temperature is sorted out - for now. But, I dont like the ceramic lamp. It seems to run well...
  2. ChickyMudder

    Failing at this turkey thing???

    I agree this tote is not a good brooder. I should have led with it was a holding area until i pick 5 and drop off the rest to my friend tonight. I planned on putting them in with 5 chicks but now I have concerns about coccidiosis since the chicks pooped this rust color. I just dont want to...
  3. ChickyMudder

    Failing at this turkey thing???

    I think this brooder will easily fit 5 poults. Not sure about keeping both heating plates. If turkeys are what everyone says they are, they might get lost.
  4. ChickyMudder

    Failing at this turkey thing???

    The little box pictured was what they arrived in. I cut out the middle and let them run into this bigger brooder as a transition to my xxl brooder. Im only keeping 5 and they will go into the xxl brooder after they are all eating and drinking well. Ill put a probe thermometer on my list...
  5. ChickyMudder

    Failing at this turkey thing???

    The white box is my govee thermometer. My son thought it might be wrong so I added another. They match. Do the chicks look cold? I mean, does that look like a cold huddle?
  6. ChickyMudder

    Failing at this turkey thing???

    Am I failing at turkeys? I have raised chickens for decades. I did my research. I prepped the brooder. I tested the ceramic heat source to a temp of 95 degrees. I gave the poults room temp electrolyte water. I used a high contrast surface to introduce food. I gave them 30% protein crumbles. I...
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