To tell if you're working out at a proper intensity, use the talk test while you exercise. Your workout should be intense enough to make you breathe deeply and to make you feel a little winded. But, you should still be able to carry on a conversation while you exercise. If you don't have enough breath to get the words out, you're working too hard.
By three weeks juvenile flight feathers will be fully emerged. At this time you will know that you have passed one of the major points in a young turkeyâs life. The next period of concern when raising turkey poults is when they reach eight weeks and are first introduced to pasture.
Wild turkeys also eat insects and small animals. To prevent blackhead disease and other parasites, newly hatched poults (baby turkeys) should be fed a medicated 28% Turkey Starter for the first 8 weeks. From 9 to 14 weeks they should be fed 20-21% Turkey Grower. Chick medicated starter can also be fed, however the turkey is better. You can find medicated feed at farm stores. Wild turkey poults under two months old prefer to eat bugs and some will not take to the turkey feed you buy at the farm store.