New turkey mom!

[lori_smith99]

We just got 9 baby pullet chicks yesterday and 1 turkey, all 2 wks old. The girls are bouncing all over, getting used to their new home and all the turkey does is sleep. Eats, drinks and then crashes. It will sleep in the middle of the enclosure and let everyone just step all over it. Is this normal???

 

[SmiYa0126]

Hello! To clarify do you mean you have all 2 week old chicks? Or your chickens are female and about three months old? Pullets usually means they're teenager age, so about three months.

 

[lori_smith99]

Sorry they are all 2 wks old..they were listed as pullets so i figured that was a general young hen

 

[SmiYa0126]

Hmm, maybe it just means they are female? Oops, sorry about that! Always learning!

How is it acting when it's awake? How come you only got one turkey poult?

 

[lori_smith99]

I am new to all of this so I have no clue lol

I have all chickens and hubby wanted a turkey this time too. It is eating and drinking and walking around but it is only like 15 mins at a time. Then its sleeps

 

[SmiYa0126]

I'm going to ask my farmer friend on turkey poult behavior, he's had turkeys for years.

I would recommend getting a turkey friend, not having the same species is lonely.

 

[SmiYa0126]

I am new to all of this so I have no clue lol

I have all chickens and hubby wanted a turkey this time too. It is eating and drinking and walking around but it is only like 15 mins at a time. Then its sleeps

Hey! My farmer friend said.."No. Not normal. Does it have a heat lamp?. The turkey like heat lamp longer then chickens. They r bigger but way more fragile. Turkey might also be sick. Or probably depressed. That's common. "

 

[JustBabyMargo]

That’s basically how my turkey poults act if they are put with chicks. I had to keep a single poult with a group of chicks because it was not ready to go in with the other poults (due to having some feet problems), and it was acting bored and tired. After I fixed its feet, the poult got to go in with others of her kind, and it was like it was a completely different poult.

I would recommend getting at least one more turkey poult. They really do not mix well with chicks, especially if it is one single poult.

 

[JustBabyMargo]

Also, a pullet is a female chicken under a year old.

 

[SmiYa0126]

Also, a pullet is a female chicken under a year old.

Thank you! I thought pullet was teenager