Aggressive Tom

[Jgreslik]

Any suggestions for rehabilitating an aggressive Tom? He is about 8 months old and I hatched him out myself and he was great until about a month ago...I am guessing due to the onset of breeding season, although I am not sure he has figured out what to do with his ladies yet.

 

[Molpet]

What are you feeding him?
I had a couple jakes that were on chicken feed that were aggressive. R2ELK mentioned this link about the feed. When they were fed turkey/gamebird feed they were fine. When they started eating a lot of mulberries they acted up again. I didn't use them for breeding and the ones I have now are fine

https://www.hybridturkeys.com/en/news/aggressive-behaviour-nutrition/

 

[Jgreslik]

What are you feeding him?
I had a couple jakes that were on chicken feed that were aggressive. R2ELK mentioned this link about the feed. When they were fed turkey/gamebird feed they were fine. When they started eating a lot of mulberries they acted up again. I didn't use them for breeding and the ones I have now are fine

https://www.hybridturkeys.com/en/news/aggressive-behaviour-nutrition/

Interesting...I didn’t think about diet. I free range the birds and they have access to a chicken layer as well as a 22% chick starter because it is hard to find an organic turkey/game bird feed by me. But I may just have to use the conventional game bird for a try. Thanks for the tip and link!

 

[R2elk]

Interesting...I didn’t think about diet. I free range the birds and they have access to a chicken layer as well as a 22% chick starter because it is hard to find an organic turkey/game bird feed by me. But I may just have to use the conventional game bird for a try. Thanks for the tip and link!

It is my experience that organic feeds often lack the proper essentials for turkeys.