Turkey feeding . . . ?

We had turkeys when I was growing up - they were just part of the farm.
Now, after a years of not having any I bought 4 white midgets and they are growing pretty fast. Not knowing about feeding them I asked the person who sold them to me, what should I feed them - she said game bird feed. I asked the person where I buy my chicken feed what to feed them, he said "game bird feed".
Now, I KNOW we did NOT buy special feed for our turkeys and they ate what we fed the chickens or they free ranged the farm. I do have to keep these turkeys confined to a pen, but am wanting to start feeding them like I do the chickens because of the cost - otherwise, I may have to get rid of them.
Does anyone have suggestions - remember they MUST be penned because they would wander the neighborhood and try to sleep in the trees.

Did you buy day old chicks are older birds? Baby chicks need a higher protein feed, especially if they are confined. If they are older birds, then you can feed them other things, but they may grow a little slower.

naturallysweet said:

Did you buy day old chicks are older birds? Baby chicks need a higher protein feed, especially if they are confined. If they are older birds, then you can feed them other things, but they may grow a little slower.

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Thank you for this reply. The birds were about two weeks old when I got them. They must be two months old now and are pretty big.
I will start feeding them like I do the chickens.

Gercarson said:

Thank you for this reply. The birds were about two weeks old when I got them. They must be two months old now and are pretty big.
I will start feeding them like I do the chickens.

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That should work. Although if you come across any cheap protein source, it doesn't hurt to give it to them.

Ive always fed my turkeys the same thing as my chickens. Never had any problems with that system.

I was just wondering today how long I needed to feed my midget whites game bird starter. I got them as day old poults near the end of March so they are about 8 weeks old now. Guess I will switch them over when I run out of the game bird starter and see how they do.

Sherry in GA