limp poult

[Aklewis]

I received my turkey poults in the mail yesterday, so they are maybe 4 days old, and they all seemed to be fine. This morning when I went out, one of them was limp and struggling. Not sure if it just didn't figure out where and how to drink and eat or what. I took a handful of the feed and dissolved it in some water and fed it to poult with an eyedropper. It seemed to drink it down and then looked like it was gagging for a few seconds before just going limp again. It did peep a little, and open its eyes some, but not much. Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated. I plan on giving 1/2 a dropper of the feed / water solution every hour until it either dies or recovers.

 

[sfgwife]

What kind of feed are you givin them? It should be a gamebird starter not chicken starter. Poults need the extra protein and vites and nutrients that the gamebirds gives. Nutridrench is great for new shipped chicks and poults.