Acting fine but hardly eating

[Turtle_77]

We have one turkey poult that hasn't eaten much based on the crop. It is smaller than the other 3 it came with. They were hatched and shipped Monday and we picked them up Wednesday. We did pick up 3 others this past weekend from tractor supply and they are definitely older (I'd say about 2 weeks older). The little poult tries to eat when the others do and seems very interested in food but I just don't think it's really eating. They have both a wet mash and regular crumbles. I did start trying a slurry today but all the little poult does is fall asleep in my hand when I try feeding it. It seems to be drinking water okay and the water contains sugar and probiotics. I don't have a way to separate it so I started monitoring the weight today. Any advice would be appreciated, the others are doing great just don't know if it's just because it's a runt. Everyone else is 1.7 oz to 4+ oz and this little one is only 1.3

 

[R2elk]

We have one turkey poult that hasn't eaten much based on the crop. It is smaller than the other 3 it came with. They were hatched and shipped Monday and we picked them up Wednesday. We did pick up 3 others this past weekend from tractor supply and they are definitely older (I'd say about 2 weeks older). The little poult tries to eat when the others do and seems very interested in food but I just don't think it's really eating. They have both a wet mash and regular crumbles. I did start trying a slurry today but all the little poult does is fall asleep in my hand when I try feeding it. It seems to be drinking water okay and the water contains sugar and probiotics. I don't have a way to separate it so I started monitoring the weight today. Any advice would be appreciated, the others are doing great just don't know if it's just because it's a runt. Everyone else is 1.7 oz to 4+ oz and this little one is only 1.3

Poults are not chicks. It is not normal for them to overfill their crops like chicks do.

What are you feeding them? They need a high protein turkey or game bird starter.

 

[Turtle_77]

Poults are not chicks. It is not normal for them to overfill their crops like chicks do.

What are you feeding them? They need a high protein turkey or game bird starter.

They are on a game bird starter, okay that's good to know! The older ones are just fatties then they always seem to have something in their crop so it made me concerned!

 

[R2elk]

They are on a game bird starter, okay that's good to know! The older ones are just fatties then they always seem to have something in their crop so it made me concerned!

The bigger ones are most likely broad breasted ones.

 

[Turtle_77]

I sure hope not, they were listed as heritage and that's the reason we got them. But it was tractor supply