These birds really don't know how to survive..
I got four young bronze heritage turkey poults (each a little more than 4 weeks old, well feathered) yesterday and I kept them in a coop with a heat lamp along with my young chickens and mallards. The chickens and mallards eat fine, but the turkeys are always in the corner huddled up. They do not eat or drink. I hand-fed all of them yesterday because they were starting to look weak. A day has passed and they are still not eating or drinking (I thought that the chicks would teach them, but they just stare at the chicks without eating with them).
I heard that young poults will starve themselves to death so I bought older poults. Sadly the older poults seem like they are starving themselves to death too. If they are stressed (since they are in a new environment), how long will they remain in this state? Should I still continue hand feeding them?
I got four young bronze heritage turkey poults (each a little more than 4 weeks old, well feathered) yesterday and I kept them in a coop with a heat lamp along with my young chickens and mallards. The chickens and mallards eat fine, but the turkeys are always in the corner huddled up. They do not eat or drink. I hand-fed all of them yesterday because they were starting to look weak. A day has passed and they are still not eating or drinking (I thought that the chicks would teach them, but they just stare at the chicks without eating with them).
I heard that young poults will starve themselves to death so I bought older poults. Sadly the older poults seem like they are starving themselves to death too. If they are stressed (since they are in a new environment), how long will they remain in this state? Should I still continue hand feeding them?