Will a turkey mate with a chicken?

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Betty-Eve

Betty-Eve

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Jun 25, 2011
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I have only just hatched a little turkey (1 out of 4 eggs) but have geese, ducks, chickens and will let them all roam together (all wormed regular) just wondered if I only have one tureky and its a stag will it try to mate the chickens? I have 2 cockerals with 12 chickens 1 male goose with 3 females 1 drake duck with 3 females - they dont bother one another just wondered with a turkey so similar to chickens will he try to mate them?
 
I personally haven't had that problem. I don't know if other have. I'm sure the possibility is there but I don't know for sure.
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turkeys are a different species they only try to mate with their own genus (aka turkey) otherwise if they do they're messed up in the head and GROSS!
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I have 3 toms that never mess with my chickens, but I have a 4th who was raised with chickens and he tries to mate with them...he's actually killed some of the younger chickens b/c he's so heavy.
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How do you think we got turkens? LOL J/K


I use to have a turkey thats was pretty fond of a basketball though.
 
I've never had a turkey to try and breed a chicken. But I did have a rooster that was fond of trying to breed a hen turkey... And anything else that would hold still long enough.
 

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