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i picked up four from a local lady who hatches from her turkeys. 2 spanish black and 2 blue slate. so far they're 5 days old. longer than the others ever made it. they're on gamebird starter and a water trough with grit on the bottom. looking good. i ended up separating them from my chicks...

it ended up dying. It was gasping in my hands and i was trying to use a syringe to give it more water and yolk. just no will to thrive, any of them. so annoying. a local breeder has some for me next week. No more mailed turkeys! that's 0/4

i should add i contacted some local breeders and they said the feed store ones are difficult bc they are mailed in and usually arrive 2-3 days without food/water. They suggested using a syringe to force egg yolk in their mouths but i can't do it one handed. darn thing doesn't want to open its...

it's a large brooder with heat in the corner. the older chicks stay on the other side. I have never had various ages before. I'm only doing this because I added 6 varieties of chicks and they were available and different times from the store so i kept getting 1 or 2 at a time, weeks apart...

oh i asked for gamebird and she directed me to that.

there is grit in the brooder, but none of them really go for it

It has 30%, the feed store told me to use that. Otherwise i have broiler feed too. the brooder has a mix of 1 day, 1 week, 2 week, 4 week chicks (one of each because various breeds). They didn't have gamebird starter. water is warm, under the lamp also food shouldn't be the thing killing them...

I got two poults thursday morning from the feed store. Tossed them in the brooder with my chicks (various ages 1 day to 4 weeks). Thursday evening, one's dead. Friday morning, the other's dead. Feed store says they'll let me bring them back. Got two more friday evening. Now saturday evening...