TURKEY POULT WONT SHUT UP!!! (HELP)

[BellLisamo]

Ok so turkey poults (ive learned) have a very distinctive peep. Usually mine does 3 in a row...

peep peep peep

peep peep peep

IT WILL NOT SHUT UP

its with another turkey and about 5 chicks. It paces the cage. They have plenty of food and water.

What does it want? I feel soooo bad. It crys everyday

 

[Struttn1]

Possibly more space....possibly more heat......possibly needs a buddy who speaks it's language (another turkey).................

maybe it wants to be held and cuddled and ride around on your shoulder.

 

[BellLisamo]

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it has a turkey buddy, ill have to go back and look at my post but i thought i said that? ? ?

 

[Schultz]

Oh, I feel your pain. These are our first turkeys and they drive me nuts! They have everything they need and still peep all day. On top of the peeping, they make the biggest messes, I have to clean their area almost daily because they somehow get water EVERYWHERE! And, no, I am not going to hold them, I don't want to get attached because they will be Thanksgiving dinner.

 

[Struttn1]

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it has a turkey buddy, ill have to go back and look at my post but i thought i said that? ? ?

My bad !!!

 

[BellLisamo]

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it has a turkey buddy, ill have to go back and look at my post but i thought i said that? ? ?

My bad !!!

no big deal, i thought i didnt have enough coffee this morning... LOL

 

[patandchickens]

If it helps, my 3 BBB poults (now almost 3 wks old) stopped doing the ascending peep-peep-PEEP thing at about 10 days of age. (And yes, it was very annoying, esp. when they were still living in the basement) They now only do it very rarely, if scared.

They have acquired a new noise though, sort of an ascending "wheeshtt?" that seems to indicate food or other interesting ground-level peckable things.

My gosh turkey poults are CUTE, how come nobody ever told me? They may not be supergeniuses, but they are *much* more interested in exploring the world around them than chicken chicks are. I have a feeling I'll be getting a bunch of heritage-breed poults next year...

Good luck,

Pat

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

Yes, I can remember that sound. It gradually gets louder and louder. LOL!

 

[Cuban Longtails]

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If we told everyone, there wouldn't be any turkey poults left for us addicts!

I didn't get any this year.... yet.

I'm dying, it's killing me... I swear.... I must have them! It's worse than the chicken addiction, times a bajillion!

 

[Schultz]

SO they get better with age? They are cute with their big doe eyes but I can't get past the peeping and messes and evertime I try to get them out of their cage they want to fly. I'm really glad this is DH's thing!