Turkey Chicks...need insight

I came home today and unfortunately found a dead poult...not sure if it was stepped on or what happened, but also found a poult with a bald spot on it's head and one leg completely turned almost backwards. It's not walking easily but peeps and seems normal otherwise...I think I may know what needs to be done unfortunately, but any input would be appreciated.
When you have two hens sitting on the same nest, all kind of bad things can happen to the poults. That is just one of the reasons that i take the poults as I find them and put them in a brooder. The only way I let a hen keep and raise her poults is if I can separate her and the poults away from the general population. I did this with one hen last year and she did a fine job of raising 12 poults. I let her and the poults back into the general population when they were 3 weeks old.
 

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