The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: mentalmilly on June 11, 2014, 04:12:27 pm
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Hopefully my hen is about to hatch some turkey eggs. Can l feed these poults the same chick crumbs as chicks get, which is medicated, or do l need special crumbs for them. I know they need a higher protein feed but have read the are prone to coccidiosis. Has anyone had this problem please?
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You can get turkey crumb which has a higher protein level. I couldn't get hold of small quantities of the crumb with coccidiostat in it and didn't need 20kg as I only had 3 poults and now only have 2 after mama hen squashed one :-[
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OH sorry to hear about your squashed poult, l dont know yet how many will hatch. Hope my hen isn`t a clumsy one.
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Poults can be raised perfectly well on chick crumbs without coccidiostat.