Seemly heathy baby turkeys 'gulping' then dying! Please help!

[Luckylarson]

We got some turkeys in the mail yesterday. They seemed SUPER healthy, not a single one died on the way here. Then, they started making a 'gulping' type action and throwing their heads back we've lost 3 and one is dying. I don't know what to do because we've had baby chicks, but never turkeys. Thanks for any help! I look down its throat best I could, I didnt see any worms or anything.

 

[azygous]

They probably died from shipping stress, especially given our mail takes twice as long these days. Treat each baby with warm sugar water with a few drops of Poultry Nutri-drench stirred in. Hopefully, this will prevent others from dying.

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

Do you have them on wood shavings? The little dummies eat them sometimes but then they die.
It probably was shipping stress if not, as azygous said.

 

[Luckylarson]

Not on wood shavings. They are on a wire floor with a tray to let them rest their feet. It has soft dirt in it, but I heard that they would eat little bits like grit

 

[Myrshine]

Turkey chicks are very fragile, you’ll lose a few, maybe more if they’re stressed. They are hard to keep alive the first 3 weeks of their lives.

 

[Happyhenkeeper]

We got some turkeys in the mail yesterday. They seemed SUPER healthy, not a single one died on the way here. Then, they started making a 'gulping' type action and throwing their heads back we've lost 3 and one is dying. I don't know what to do because we've had baby chicks, but never turkeys. Thanks for any help! I look down its throat best I could, I didnt see any worms or anything.