Turkeys need a high protein diet when they are young as they grow and gain muscle quickly. To support this growth, feed a complete feed with 30 per cent protein until the birds are 8 weeks old.
Feeding and Watering Turkey Poults
When the poults first arrive, you can dip their beaks in the water and make sure they start eating soon after settling in
Avoid open dishes, buckets, or pans of water, because poults may fall in, get chilled and die, or even drown.
Hanging feeders tend to conserve feed. Just make sure that the bottom of the feeder is within comfortable reach of the turkey poults’ beaks.
Avoid open pails of feed as well, because besides spilling it, the poults can all climb in on top of one another, hurting themselves.
