Turkey Talk for 2014

[Pretty Chickens]

My kids playing in the dirt Your boy is beautiful.

Beautiful turkeys

 

[rjoschko]

Thanks, they are my babies and I love everyone of them!

 

[BullChick]

He is 35, she is 23.

 

[Pekin bantams]

We got three turkey poults this year and they all came from bronze parents but for some reason one of the poults has white feathers with some bronze feathers on the wings. does anyone know why he has white feathers. btw we know he is a male and we think the two bronze feather birds are females. does this mean they are not purebred?

 

[WeatheredWings]

We got three turkey poults this year and they all came from bronze parents but for some reason one of the poults has white feathers with some bronze feathers on the wings. does anyone know why he has white feathers. btw we know he is a male and we think the two bronze feather birds are females. does this mean they are not purebred?

Do you have pictures?

 

[chicken pickin]

I have a batch of poults roughly 3 weeks old that seem to be having issues. These are being raised no different than any of my other chicks and poults. They are indoors under a heat lamp, feed high protein chick starter and fresh water daily. The seem to have weak wobbly "drunken" legs. It all started about a week or a week and a half ago when they all got a really hard thick poopy crust layer under all their feet. I picked it off clean consistently but Im wondering if that may have caused an issue.

The reason I think their feet got like that is because I started using paper towels again once I noticed I had a shavings eater. I took the paper towels away once I noticed the feet and now their feet are fine but the poults are acting off.

Im wondering if anyone else has had this happen. I haven't lost any from this yet and they are all eating and drinking they just arent walking well at all.

Any ideas?

 

[Pekin bantams]

Do you have pictures?

I might be able to get pics tomorrow

 

[desertmarcy]

I have a batch of poults roughly 3 weeks old that seem to be having issues. These are being raised no different than any of my other chicks and poults. They are indoors under a heat lamp, feed high protein chick starter and fresh water daily. The seem to have weak wobbly "drunken" legs. It all started about a week or a week and a half ago when they all got a really hard thick poopy crust layer under all their feet. I picked it off clean consistently but Im wondering if that may have caused an issue.

The reason I think their feet got like that is because I started using paper towels again once I noticed I had a shavings eater. I took the paper towels away once I noticed the feet and now their feet are fine but the poults are acting off.

Im wondering if anyone else has had this happen. I haven't lost any from this yet and they are all eating and drinking they just arent walking well at all.

Any ideas?

Chick starter or turkey starter? How high is the protein? Try giving them poultry vitamins in their water. I don't know what could be causing it, sorry, never had that happen. Just making sure their protein is high enough for turkeys---28% is recommended to start them. If the feed may be deficient in vitamins for some reason, the extra vitamins can't hurt.

 

[chicken pickin]

Chick starter or turkey starter? How high is the protein? Try giving them poultry vitamins in their water. I don't know what could be causing it, sorry, never had that happen. Just making sure their protein is high enough for turkeys---28% is recommended to start them. If the feed may be deficient in vitamins for some reason, the extra vitamins can't hurt.

In the past years I did Blue Seal feeds 28% starter. This year I have been doing TSC Chick Starter(not starter/grower) recommended for starting turkey and game bird chicks, it is 24% protein. I typically like a higher protein but since I typically brood chicks and poults together I thought the 24% would work well for both.

I can try adding some vitamins to see if that helps.

 

[desertmarcy]

In the past years I did Blue Seal feeds 28% starter. This year I have been doing TSC Chick Starter(not starter/grower) recommended for starting turkey and game bird chicks, it is 24% protein. I typically like a higher protein but since I typically brood chicks and poults together I thought the 24% would work well for both.

I can try adding some vitamins to see if that helps.

I usually add chopped hard boiled eggs on top of the feed for the first couple of weeks for the turkey poults too. That would boost up the protein. But if you've got them in with chicks, the chicks are so much more aggressive---they will hog it all.