Turkey poult died!!

[Taralove]

I bought a bronze turkey poult from my local store yesterday, by the time I got it home he was laying on his side kicked and could not stand or hold his head up. I immediately put it in the brooder under the heat lamp and tried to give him water with electrolytes in it and to no avail. He took a turn for the worse and struggled to breath before passing away an hour later...what caused this? I am getting another one but do not want to make the same mistake . He was my mother's day

 

[ChickenCanoe]

How old was the poult? Where do you live?
Did you keep it warm on the way home?
Why are you only having a single poult?
Turkey poults aren't nearly as rugged and precocious as chicks.

 

[danceswithronin]

How long was the drive home? What are the temperatures like?

A turkey poult on its own might get really stressed out, they are not hardy like chicken chicks. A poult on its own cannot hold its heat very well either because it has no other poults to huddle with.

 

[Taralove]

How old was the poult? Where do you live?
Did you keep it warm on the way home?
Why are you only having a single poult?
Turkey poults aren't nearly as rugged and precocious as chicks.

I live in ky, it was warm, maybe not as warm as directly under a heat lamp and there were 5 other turkey poults and a chick, they were 2 days old.

 

[Taralove]

How long was the drive home? What are the temperatures like?

A turkey poult on its own might get really stressed out, they are not hardy like chicken chicks. A poult on its own cannot hold its heat very well either because it has no other poults to huddle with.

Temps were in the 80s, and my drive was about an hour, he had 5 other poults and a chick with him

 

[danceswithronin]

Temps were in the 80s, and my drive was about an hour, he had 5 other poults and a chick with him

Hmmm, not sure. Bummer though.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

So if it wasn't alone or chilled, lets look elsewhere. Possibly diseased or just to weak to thrive in the first place.

 

[Hobbits Mommie]

Also, their heads are very sensitive. A small bump on the head could be the end for a baby turkey.

 

[Bettyboop7499]

I bought a bronze turkey poult from my local store yesterday, by the time I got it home he was laying on his side kicked and could not stand or hold his head up. I immediately put it in the brooder under the heat lamp and tried to give him water with electrolytes in it and to no avail. He took a turn for the worse and struggled to breath before passing away an hour later...what caused this? I am getting another one but do not want to make the same mistake . He was my mother's day

Sorry to hear that! I doubt it was anything you did or didn't do basically just bad timing.

 

[Taralove]

So I got a replacement turkey got home with him and he is in the brooder with the others and is doing very well