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I haven't yet raised turkeys (they're on the list for next year) but have been studying up on them a lot. The thing I've heard that might apply here is that it takes 8 weeks before they have a fully developed immune system, so up until that time they're subject to catch things very easily.
Fascinated by the experiences quoted here of adding a chick to the poults - the stuff I've read caution that turkeys should never be raised near chickens or even where chickens have been w/i a couple of years because the poults will die of things that hardly bother chickens. But obviously - from these stories there are some advantages, too, if everyone is healthy. They also said not to raise turkeys on the chick food because of the protein levels - if you don't get the proper gain in the first eight weeks your turkeys will never 'catch up.'
all hearsay.... as I stated up front...
Fascinated by the experiences quoted here of adding a chick to the poults - the stuff I've read caution that turkeys should never be raised near chickens or even where chickens have been w/i a couple of years because the poults will die of things that hardly bother chickens. But obviously - from these stories there are some advantages, too, if everyone is healthy. They also said not to raise turkeys on the chick food because of the protein levels - if you don't get the proper gain in the first eight weeks your turkeys will never 'catch up.'
all hearsay.... as I stated up front...