Disturbing poult behavior

[Souperchicken]

I have 6 poults that are a week old. I had a couple get injured back ends to the point of swelling and bloody. I pulled the bloodied ones out a few days ago and have two more bloodied today. I know which one is instigating it and it is now in solitary confinement.
Today I noticed that a different poult has a foot obsession. It won't leave the other ones feet alone. First I thought it was just picking on one bird until I put it in confinement with the bum pecker and it was doing it to that one too. It treats the feet like little worms and will follow the birds and sit down right next to them and yank viciously at their feet and not let go. I grabbed the toe picker and it still wouldn't let go of the other ones foot. He is doing this constantly and is just following the others around to get a chance to peck their feet. He acts like he is trying to nuzzle under the chicks and then goes for feet. In just a matter of time they will have bloody feet too.
I'm not sure what to do?
I'm running out of places to put these chicks. I have a brooder with 2 old bloody bums healing, a brooder with 2 new bloody bums healing, now I can't put the bum pecker and toe picker in the same box. Toe picker will get his bum pecked and bum pecker will get his toes picked. Ack!! Is it normal for poults this age to be this vicious? This is my first turkey hatch.

 

[cielo]

I wonder if you can distract them somehow, do they have a lot of space? Maybe a bigger brooder? Hang some sort of toy for them to peck at?
Turkeys just peck. In my opinion MUCH more than chickens, it's like they just can't help it, things catch their eye and they have to peck. Some poults more than others. I've got 14 that hatched over the weekend. I've got some toe peckers in there but not serious.
I think turkeys are more challenging to raise than chickens. More delicate and more wacky!
Did you put antibiotic ointment on the bloody ones?
I vote trying some enrichment activities. Put marbles in the waterer and feed in a jar lid with a marble. Hang something that they can't eat or choke on but that they can peck at... make sure the have a large enough brooder they can get away from each other.
Good luck. I'm sorry you are having challenges with the rascals.

 

[coberdor]

I noticed mine will do this too if they are too crowded. They also go after the feet because they look just like the mealworms. They love mealworm. Get them some bugs/mealworms to eat. They love the protein. You can get them at the pet feedstores, fishing stores, or dried ones at the farm stores.

 

[A.T. Hagan]

What precisely are you feeding them? What is the protein percentage of the feed?

 

[yinepu]

Sounds to me like they need more room or more protein (or both)

how big is the area where you had them together and as A.T asked, what are you feeding (% protein)?