Talk to @OneMountainAcres about making turkey saddles. She makes and sells them.I ordered a turkey saddle on ebay so I can replicate it and make my own pattern from it. I only keep one tom in each area with hens but one of them got ripped up a little the other day. She is fine, but I'm going to make up some turkey saddles for some that lose feathers on their backs just in case.
The other thing that gets hens injured is allowing toms to have access to the nest. They will take the hen sitting on a nest as an invitation to breed. The unwanted attempts often lead to broken eggs and injured or killed hens if the wound is severe enough.
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