Arosie
Chirping
- Apr 3, 2022
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I have eight heritage turkey poults, six guinea keets, eight Leghorn pullets, and one Australorp cockerel that I moved out of the confined barn coop two days ago. They are between 1 1/2 - 2 months of age and are all pretty close to the same size. They have all gotten along quite well since they were all raised together from "chickhood".
Today I pulled two of the turkeys out of the pen because they looked a little beat up. One was a little bit bloody on top of its snood and the other one had the flesh pecked off the top of its beak. I caught one of the birds (I don't remember now which type of bird it was) ruthlessly grabbing that turkey by the beak and yanking on him.
This evening when I was feeding them, I noticed that one of my six remaining pastured turkeys was missing, and upon further inspection I found him dead on the ground with his beak PECKED OFF. It was terrible! About half or more of the beak was gone. What is making my birds do this and how do I stop it from happening again?
Today I pulled two of the turkeys out of the pen because they looked a little beat up. One was a little bit bloody on top of its snood and the other one had the flesh pecked off the top of its beak. I caught one of the birds (I don't remember now which type of bird it was) ruthlessly grabbing that turkey by the beak and yanking on him.
This evening when I was feeding them, I noticed that one of my six remaining pastured turkeys was missing, and upon further inspection I found him dead on the ground with his beak PECKED OFF. It was terrible! About half or more of the beak was gone. What is making my birds do this and how do I stop it from happening again?