A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

[Panamageo]

Thanks for the input.
The problem this time was in the soil, it ate a grub that was to big to leave the stomach.
I live in the mountains in Panama so the local ag store gave me a syringe and told me to inject them, they were to small.
Another neighbor told me to put iodine in the sores (pox like?) Advice and correct meds are hard to get.
The ones that lasted 3 months were fine one minute and dead a couple hours later.
If these all die I will be eating the next batch of eggs.

 

[desertmarcy]

Thanks for the input.
The problem this time was in the soil, it ate a grub that was to big to leave the stomach.
I live in the mountains in Panama so the local ag store gave me a syringe and told me to inject them, they were to small.
Another neighbor told me to put iodine in the sores (pox like?) Advice and correct meds are hard to get.
The ones that lasted 3 months were fine one minute and dead a couple hours later.
If these all die I will be eating the next batch of eggs.

Is it possible they are getting bitten or stung by some venomous creature? Snake/scorpion/spider? I have had turkeys (and chickens) stung by scorpions here in Arizona. Sometimes I find them down, can't get up, legs twitching. Sometimes they recover. If they are killed by a venomous sting or bite and you don't have any left alive to see some symptoms, you would just never know what killed them. With snakes, you could probably find a bite mark but not with a scorpion.

 

[Panamageo]

I just found another dead poult. Normal starter food in the stomach.
Usually they have a distant stare and stand in one place the day before they die. Today no warning. I have found them with their legs twitching and we do have scorpions but the chickens keep the area pretty bug free inside and out. It is Thunder Dome whenever there is a bug in the coop.
The turkeys are in a separate area and I dont see bugs in there Mom eats everything.
I was going to try to separate them but they are to fast and Mom is having none of it.

 

[JRNash]

I believe I'd try getting them off the ground and away from the chickens

 

[GabrielBane]

This may help, I'm not sure what sort of regional climate you have in your part of Panama, but when we raised Turkeys in the Caribbean (Puerto Rico), my great grandmother always advised me against keeping the poults on anything other than wire until 12 weeks, something about the dirt being really humid/moist and bacteria killing poults, I can't remember much since I was young, I'll have to call her and get more precise information. We never had to take those precautions with other fowl though, it could just be a wives tail though, I'd try gettin' em off the ground~

 

[JRNash]

This may help, I'm not sure what sort of regional climate you have in your part of Panama, but when we raised Turkeys in the Caribbean (Puerto Rico), my great grandmother always advised me against keeping the poults on anything other than wire until 12 weeks, something about the dirt being really humid/moist and bacteria killing poults, I can't remember much since I was young, I'll have to call her and get more precise information. We never had to take those precautions with other fowl though, it could just be a wives tail though, I'd try gettin' em off the ground~ 

solid research in alot of different areas has validated alot of the so called "wives tales".

 

[GabrielBane]

Is it possible they are getting bitten or stung by some venomous creature? Snake/scorpion/spider? I have had turkeys (and chickens) stung by scorpions here in Arizona. Sometimes I find them down, can't get up, legs twitching. Sometimes they recover. If they are killed by a venomous sting or bite and you don't have any left alive to see some symptoms, you would just never know what killed them. With snakes, you could probably find a bite mark but not with a scorpion.

Hah, I suppose that is true!



Side-bar: Does anyone know how young poults start demonstrating gender behavior? Out of the four poults, my little slate/lavender colored runt is the only one strutting and I'll be devastated if my little princess ends up being a prince.

(Although, I suppose a tom in this coloring would be a great start towards our breeding goals. LOL.)

 

[duluthralphie]

I have no idea when they actually start showing their sex. I have some I can tell early one others I am still guessing at them 6 months down the line.


I have decided my favorite of the young ones is "Snitch". He just does not hang out with the other turkeys. I picked him up yesterday when he snitched on the others for being in the open pasture trying to be hawk food. I carried him with me as I yelled at the others to get back in the yard. He/she would yell at them also. It was funny.


I think he might be slightly touched though. He seems to not be able to find his way out of the pen on his own..

I took pictures, hopefully I will get them uploaded soon.

 

[countrygirl1178]

Countrygirl here the poult I have been watching has a noodle a nice size wattle and last weekend I found a beard and two days ago while installing a new shed near the turkey pen the big toms were displaying and so was the one I am watching so I am hoping that I will soon be able to give it a boys name

 

[feistychick]

Hah, I suppose that is true!  



Side-bar: Does anyone know how young poults start demonstrating gender behavior? Out of the four poults, my little slate/lavender colored runt is the only one strutting and I'll be devastated if my little princess ends up being a prince.  (Although, I suppose a tom in this coloring would be a great start towards our breeding goals. LOL.) 

My experience is limited, but my bourbons boys started strutting at 3 weeks and and my bronze dude didn't strut or gobble until about 5 months. I guess it varies lol. Nothing cuter than a baby strut though