Basic Turkey info needed

[SportTees]

The impossible happened- all 5 of my turkey eggs had turkeys in them and they all pipped. The only problem was I had them hatching with ducks and sometime during the night the humidity hit 98%. Only 1 made it out and it is doing great. What do I do with one turkey- can I put it with my bantam chicks in the brooder or should I put it with the ducks? Will it have to have a separate home from the ducks and chickens both when it gets bigger? I don't know anything about turkeys - I didn't expect them to hatch really since I was clueless about incubating them. Can I feed it unmediated 20% chick feed? Any info would be helpful

 

[Struttn1]

You need to get much higher protein feed for a poult.

 

[SportTees]

The only other feed I've seen is 24% would that work?

 

[Scraps]

I use a gamebird starter that is I believe around 30% protein. My feedstore has to special order it for me. Before I found that feed, I crushed up some cat food (30%) and mixed
it in with chick starter. Don't know if that was good for them or not but they sure did like it!!

I have 4 1 week old poults in with week old Serama, they get along fine!

 

[willowcol]

My turkeys are in a brooder with buff chicks. I got 28% game bird starter at souther states. Good luck. Mine are 6 weeks old now. The plus is the chicks teach the turkeys where the food and water are.

 

[Buck Creek Chickens]

if your turkeys are heritage types, I use 23% and they do great and I've got a single turkey poult with my chicks 10+ weeks becouse he so much older than the rest, I found the egg in a snow bank and it hatched,

 

[SportTees]

I'm very happy to hear I can put it with the chicks and ducks. I have the 20% chick food and kitten food on hand. If I mixed that Would it work for higher protein? Would it hurt the other ducks or chicks to eat it?

 

[Buck Creek Chickens]

make sure its non-medicated.

 

[wilds of pa]

If not giving medicated to the turkey poult and chicks you can expect to more than likely have a battle with cocci sometime in the near future being in with ducks
ducks are very sloppy with water and feed and there fore an on set of cocci is almost a guarantee in this wet situation..Just somthing to think about and watch for

Best of luck with the mix
~Wilds~

 

[SportTees]

It is just in with the ducks for now because the duck brooder is in the house and I wanted to watch it. I've always heard turkeys are hard to raise so I want to make sure its eating and drinking before I put it in bird building in the big brooder with the chicks.