need info on turkey chicks.

[Teresaann24]

Can I raise turkey chicks with chicken chicks?

Do turkey chicks require less heat while in the brooder?

I heard that turkey chicks need to be taught how to eat and drink? will the chicken chicks learn them how to eat monkey see monkey do?

 

[Struttn1]

I prefer to keep chicks and poults seperated. Some have no problems raising them together but others do. I've never had a problem with a poult not eating unless the poult was weak or sick. I layer the floor of my brooder with paper towels then turkey starter or gamebird starter onto the paper towel around the feeder. Young turkeys usually will start pecking at everything they see as soon as put into the brooder which is why I cover the shavings/bedding at least for the 1st week because they will try to eat the bedding. I usually dip the beak of every poult into the waterer a couple of times to make sure they get a swallow of the water but those that I have not introduced to the water have always seemed to find it on their own via the curiosity bug every turkey poult seems to be infested with. Newly hatched poults need temps close to 100 degrees. In my experience turkey poult are more suseptible to chilling than chicks.

 

[Teresaann24]

All I have to feed is chick starter and crower is it the same or do I need to go buy some feed special for the turkey chick?

 

[Steve_of_sandspoultry]

Yes you can start them together. We do so when ever possible - the chicks will show the turkey poults the ropes. Once the turkey poults are eating and drinking well (about 1 week or 2) we seperate them as the poults get a higher protien feed 28% and the chicks get 20%

For brooding them we use the same method as for chicks, the heat lamp starts about 18 inches high and we raise or lower it depending on how they act - is they are huddled under the light they are cold if they are on the outer edges it's to hot. If they are milling around all over it's just right. About every 4 or 5 days we raise it up a few inches, when they don't need the heat lamp we replace the heat lamp bulb with a 100 watt light bulb and repeat the process. If they need heat the 100 watt bulb puts out enough to keep them warm.

Steve in NC

 

[Teresaann24]

I dipped their beaks a few times today...I also saw them picking and eating at the starter and grower. So so far so good.

 

[DukeDawg528]

I like to keep chicks separate from turkey poults because of the feed...I keep my turkey poults in the same temperature as chicks...And turkey poults will teach themselves how to eat

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[chickenlittle32]

I keep my chicks and poults together bc the chicks show the poults where the food/water is. Also, I feed my chicks and turkey poults turkey starter.