New to turkey chicks

Blueroanpainted

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Dec 2, 2019
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I was just given 9 (2 week old) turkey chicks. I am new to turkeys and finding clear information on searches have been weirdly not helpful. What should I be feeding? Is chick starter OK? Do I need to add anything to their diet? I give my chicks booster In Their water, will this hurt the turkeys?
Also whats a few sure fire ways to sex them at a young age? I've been told the shape of their head from the back is a good tell?
 
I was just given 9 (2 week old) turkey chicks. I am new to turkeys and finding clear information on searches have been weirdly not helpful. What should I be feeding? Is chick starter OK? Do I need to add anything to their diet? I give my chicks booster In Their water, will this hurt the turkeys?
Also whats a few sure fire ways to sex them at a young age? I've been told the shape of their head from the back is a good tell?
Young turkeys are poults, not chicks.

Juvenile turkeys should be on a high protein turkey or game bird starter for the first 6 to 8 weeks. Chick starter does not have the needed levels of lysine, methionine, niacin or protein that will satisfy the needs of turkey poults. I feed my poults a 28% protein turkey or game bird starter from the time they are hatched.

After 6 to 8 weeks of the turkey starter, they should be put on turkey or game bird grower for the next 6 weeks.. Turkey grower is typically 24% protein.

Once they are adults they can do fine on a quality chicken feed. I currently feed my adult turkeys a 20% protein all flock feed.

The booster vitamins in the water will be fine for the poults.

There is no sure fire way to sex poults at a young age. You should be able to start sexing them from 3 to 6 months old unless they are late developing toms.
 

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