🦃 Poult Poop: Normal?

[hysop]

I’m not worried since they’re healthy looking and acting normal although this is my first time having poults.

Is this poop normal? It is much softer than I’m used to from my chickens so I don’t know if it’s different because they’re turkeys and not chickens.

I have to move them every 1-3 days because flies flock to them like crazy!! Due to the poop. Again I’m used to a little bit of flies with chickens but this is ridiculous. It’s swarms of flies.

The grass looks like this after 3+ days so I’m starting to move them much more often to new patches of grass.

Thanks!

Spoiler: Pictures, Added Spoiler so it doesn’t look like a long post

 

[Kiki]

I don't know if that poop is normal.
What exactly do you feed them?

I use both of these for flies.

 

[hysop]

We bought this. It’s pretty high in protein like 30-32% but we have 24% dumor waiting once we use that one up. We only got one bag of that game bird starter from a local feed store that said people usually buy that to raise turkeys.

So I figured maybe it’s the excess protein making the poop extra cakey instead of hardening up like chickens’ poo.

whoops here’s the picture. I don’t have the stats since we got rid of the bag (I’m sure the pic is useless )

 

[casportpony]

That's cecal poop and it should not have bubbles in it. How old are they? Do you have Safeguard and Corid?

 

[casportpony]

ut we have 24% dumor waiting once we use that one up.

I would not feed the Dumor.

 

[hysop]

I don't know if that poop is normal.
What exactly do you feed them?

I use both of these for flies.
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We bought some fly stuff for our cows so I’ll see if that will work and/or is safe for the poults. If not I’ll look into those for sure.

 

[hysop]

That's cecal poop and it should not have bubbles in it. How old are they? Do you have Safeguard and Corid?

I don’t but I can get some today, if not for sure tomorrow.

They hatched April 26th so they’re 5 weeks now

 

[hysop]

I would not feed the Dumor.

Okay I had heard of that so I guess I’ll look into something else. We didn’t buy it specifically for them but saw that it could he used for them but I guess now I won’t

 

[casportpony]

We bought some fly stuff for our cows so I’ll see if that will work and/or is safe for the poults. If not I’ll look into those for sure.

If permethrin is the active ingredient you should be okay.

 

[casportpony]

I don’t but I can get some today, if not for sure tomorrow.

They hatched April 26th so they’re 5 weeks now

how long have they been out of the brooder and on dirt/grass?