Can I keep a couple of turkeys with my chickens?

[Doddeldoo]

I recently purchased several chickens and two bronze turkeys. I was planning on keeping them together. Will this be a problem?

 

[TheBigWRanch]

Do you free range, or will they be sharing a coop and run? I don't see a problem if you want to free range, but you might have some if they are cooped up.

 

[Doddeldoo]

They will be in a coop and run. 17 chickens and one or two turkeys. The run is 12x10 and the coop 5x10

 

[TheBigWRanch]

Sorry, I tried to post this last night, but I could get the web site to work. I've been disappointed with what I can find about turkeys online so far, but what I have found says that they need 4 sq ft. per bird, which seems too little to me because chickens are supposed to have 4 sq ft. and turkeys are much larger. The only other thing I could find said that chickens and turkeys have different dietary needs and not to feed your turkeys chicken food.