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She only needs to have access to one tom during breeding season. The tom should not have access to her nest. Keeping the turkeys separated from the chickens is best but if necessary, they are safer with the hen than the toms.

The toms will kill the chickens eventually. The toms will leave the oyster shell alone. If your hens are production layers they may need layer feed and oyster shell. The same can happen with older hens too. Your tom's pecking order can change at anytime but mostly happens during breeding...

Be very careful keeping two toms with one hen. Broad breasted varieties are likely to live longer on a lower protein diet.like Purina's Game Bird Maintenance. The tom's have enough going against them that I would not feed them a layer feed. The high calcium content can cause them to get...