Advice on new turkeys.

[millhoff]

I have 21 new BBB turkeys, I have them in a plastic tote brooder with a sheet for the bottom. I have their permenant brooder ready and warm, but I have pine shavings and I don't want to put them in it to soon because of them picking at the shavings and getting impacted. My question is when to move them? I have had them for four days now and started chick grit today.

Any thoughts???

 

[Frosty]

You can move them when you are ready... just use the same feeder that you were using since they associate it with food.

 

[MandyH]

You can cover the pine shavings with paper towels and move them whenever you're ready.

 

[wynedot55]

as said move them when ready.an make sure they know where their feeder is.so they wont eat the shavings.

 

[Frosty]

If they are already 4 days old, the paper towels probably aren't necessary. They may peck at the shavings a bit out of curiosity, but they know what food is now.

 

[millhoff]

Thanks everybody, I moved them and they are fine. As soon as I put them in the larger brooder they all started running around chasing each other like they went mad. (I could of stayed there and watched them all day)