A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

[Sweet cheeks]

Does anybody else’s turkeys hate their chickens? My turkeys have always had it out for my chickens, I don’t understand quite the logistics of why, but they do.
I caught my chocolate(at the very least, brown) girl trying to fight the chickens through the fence yesterday-
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When we got our Tom he was living with other chickens but here he attacks and tries to kill them. I don’t understand.

 

[Molpet]

When we got our Tom he was living with other chickens but here he attacks and tries to kill them. I don’t understand.

He knew his pecking order place with the chickens he lived with. They might have been friends..
A new place and birds he is trying to get as high as possible in the pecking order. By any means

 

[Molpet]

I think I need a few of these tracker for my hens. Although I doubt I could get them on.

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[KF0002]

He crawled through the chain link fence that lines the interstate and was immediately hit by a pickup. We don't think the driver was paying attention because Brian says he didn't swerve or slow down, we just heard it happen. He slipped out while I was busy cleaning the siphon that crosses the interstate.
One of the biggest killers of Livestock guardians is that they want to roam, and I have interstate on 3 sides of me. i live in the middle of a junction. The fence is 6 foot chain link, but he managed to find a spot along the ground that he could just wedge under. He died immediately.

I am so sorry for your loss!! That is such a tragedy!

 

[R2elk]

The last 3 hen hatched poults (almost 2 weeks old) decided to leave the brooder yesterday. I opened the door and let them into the grow out pen with the others. They are the ones on the ground.

 

[Molpet]

The ladt 3 hen hatched poults (almost 2 weeks old) decided to leave the brooder yesterday. I opened the door and let them into the grow out pen with the others. They are the ones on the ground.
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I had bad luck with the older dragging the younger around by a wing . When blood was drawn I put the younger with a different hen.

 

[R2elk]

I had bad luck with the older dragging the younger around by a wing . When blood was drawn I put the younger with a different hen.

I have had 2 week old poults kill newly hatched keets.

If the age difference isn't too much the older ones often mother the younger ones.

Some of the older ones had been in the brooder with the younger ones. So far they are all getting along.

 

[Huntmaster]

I usually have good luck with all different aged poults in brooder together most of the time with my large barn brooder with plenty of room. As long as the youngest is a week old and getting around good. And as @R2elk stated have had many try to mother younger, but sometimes you will get a very dominant poult or 2 that just are too aggressive with pecking order.

 

[Amer]

The ladt 3 hen hatched poults (almost 2 weeks old) decided to leave the brooder yesterday. I opened the door and let them into the grow out pen with the others. They are the ones on the ground.
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Turkeys are so beautiful.

I had an Ameraucana named “Big Mama” because when we got her she was a few weeks older than the other freshly hatched Ameraucana chicks and she spread her wings and let them take shelter beneath them.

 

[SarahGfa]

I have an 8 week old poult that injured her leg jumping down from something. No swelling, no bruising, no visible injury. Just doesn't want to put weight on one foot and seems to be getting worse trying to keep up with the others, who are flying around the yard.

I want to confine the poult in a small cage so she can heal, but she screams peep-peep-peep all day in there. The other poults are nearby but she still screams.

Should I put the cage in a dark place so she just sleeps? or buy her a feed store chick for company? or buy some noise cancelling headphones...? the noise is making me crazy