Poult Panting

[Darthdame]

Hi. So I have a poult that will be two months old this week and I bought him and another turkey (I believe she is a hen) when they were maybe 3 days old. Now to be fair, I bought them at tractor supply and they were sold as Heritage birds. My neighbor had a white Holland and I loved her so much so I purchased them thinking that's what they were, but now everyone I've seen on any of these sites say they're most likely BBWs. Im hoping and praying that's not the case as I got them for pets. But back to the male, every since we got him, he pants all the time. I had a rough time when he was in the brooder trying to keep him comfortable, but now he's outside and he still is panting. I live in Georgia and we had the hottest day yesterday of about 90 degrees. He's in a well shaded area, he has access to plenty of water and cool dirt to lay on and cool off. Is this just a male turkey thing? The one I'm assuming is a female, rarely pants. It just worries me to death. Is it heat or something else? Any advice or experience or anything would be greatly appreciated! I attached a video of my sweet boy. His name is Atlas.

 

[Pearlescent]

I can’t really offer anything on the panting, other than he may just be hot, but Atlas does look like a BBW

TSC seems to mislabel their poults a lot.
I’d recommend not buying heritage poults from them in the future.

It’s quite sad that TSC does this, it’s broken a lot of peoples hearts.