Turkey weight

[Turtle_77]

Does anyone know what a one week old turkey should roughly weigh? Or how much they should gain in a week? I had turkeys delivered last Wednesday (hatch date was that Monday) and one is half the size of the others she came with. She was small when she arrived, and those first couple days were rough trying to get her to eat. On 3/27 she weighed 1.31 oz and today she's at 1.98 oz. Here's a picture of her with her hatch mates, I do have older ones in there from tractor supply that are about 3 weeks old I'd say. They are on a game bird starter and receive their food both dry a moistened (it's the only way some would eat in the beginning )

 

[casportpony]

Welcome to BYC! Are they all from Tractor Supply?

Let me go look for my growth charts.

 

[Turtle_77]

No, 3 of them are and were labeled as heritage breeds and the other 4 came from Metzer Farms. We got them all the same week just a couple days apart, but the ones from tractor definitely had more feathering and definitely were not hatchlings.

 

[R2elk]

Does anyone know what a one week old turkey should roughly weigh? Or how much they should gain in a week? I had turkeys delivered last Wednesday (hatch date was that Monday) and one is half the size of the others she came with. She was small when she arrived, and those first couple days were rough trying to get her to eat. On 3/27 she weighed 1.31 oz and today she's at 1.98 oz. Here's a picture of her with her hatch mates, I do have older ones in there from tractor supply that are about 3 weeks old I'd say. They are on a game bird starter and receive their food both dry a moistened (it's the only way some would eat in the beginning )

Please post an image of the one in question by itself so I can see the whole bird.

Can't tell from that image because the head is hidden but it is possible that it is not a poult.

 

[R2elk]

No, 3 of them are and were labeled as heritage breeds and the other 4 came from Metzer Farms. We got them all the same week just a couple days apart, but the ones from tractor definitely had more feathering and definitely were not hatchlings.

This tells you right from the start that they don't know what they are talking about. There is only one breed and that breed is Turkey. There are many possible varieties but only one breed.

 

[Turtle_77]

Here is little jelly bean, she came from Metzer farms and was shipped to us.

 

[Turtle_77]

This tells you right from the start that they don't know what they are talking about. There is only one breed and that breed is Turkey. There are many possible varieties but only one breed.

And this is jelly bean with one of the heritages from tractor she's so small compared to ole John Wayne (my husband picked the name )

 

[casportpony]

1.31 oz and today she's at 1.98 oz

In grams, that's 37 & 56, which is on the very light end for a poult. I'd say as long as she keeps eating, drinking, and gaining at least three grams a day, she'll be okay.

 

[R2elk]

Here is little jelly bean, she came from Metzer farms and was shipped to us.

It is a poult but appears to be a runt. If the egg it was hatched from was from a first year layer, it would start out smaller than the others but would normally catch up quickly.

On the other hand there may be genetics at work causing it to be smaller than normal. There are people looking for these smaller than normal turkeys as they want to breed a chicken size turkey.

 

[Turtle_77]

In grams, that's 37 & 56, which is on the very light end for a poult. I'd say as long as she keeps eating, drinking, and gaining at least three grams a day, she'll be okay.

Okay, I'll keep weighing her and making sure she's gaining. It's a slow gain but she doesn't act sick and she's definitely drinking and eating some.