Last week we hatched 6 of these. The last one was a day later. He took a long time hatching after pipping compared to the others. He seemed fine except his eyes weren't opening right. Then we noticed he wasn't eating or drinking so we were watering him with an eyedropper. The last few days I have come to the conclusion he must be blind, and also can't smell. He has not grown much at all. We are now watering him by dipping his beak and feed him by putting grain in his mouth after opening his beak. We realize he is probably going to die, but he seems to be a happy little guy. The others are now twice if not three times his size, but don't bother him. Any other suggestions on how to help him?
Also, I noticed when candling the eggs that one has a very large and uneven air space, not leaving much room for the chick, I believe this is the egg he hatched out of. Could this be the root of his developmental problems?
One last question. We are getting ready to move these guys to a larger cage. We had two chickens that hatched this week. One just keeled over and died today, so the other is lonely. Since this turkey doesn't eat or drink on its own, would there be any harm in putting him in with the chick? These cages are in the house. Thanks