HELP! HOW DO I GET RID OF A TURKY?

[CE -4545]

Hello,
So in the past few weeks I have noticed that 3 turkeys have been stealing food and possibly hurting my beloved chickens! How can I get them to leave? I have tried shewing them away about 3 or 4 times. Is there a way? I can't fence it because they come from the house next to me's roof!
WHAT DO I DO?
thanks,
CE-4545

 

[Butterscotchbitesfinger]

Hello,
So in the past few weeks I have noticed that 3 turkeys have been stealing food and possibly hurting my beloved chickens! How can I get them to leave? I have tried shewing them away about 3 or 4 times. Is there a way? I can't fence it because they come from the house next to me's roof!
WHAT DO I DO?
thanks,
CE-4545

Do you free range?

 

[ChocolateMouse]

Can you shoot them and make them into turkey stew?

 

[Melky]

I would check local ordinances before shooting wildlife and better make sure it’s wildlife and not the neighbors. I have my dog run off the ones that are at my moms if getting into the garden. Otherwise I take pics and use for my Thanksgiving e-vite for the family.

 

[Trish1974]

In addition to what Melky said you definitely do not want to get caught taking wild turkeys out of season. At least here in Indiana that's a big deal.

 

[Melky]

In Alaska if caught hitting or taking wildlife. It goes to a local registry as free gift. If you committed the act, you are last on the list to receive meat. Some killings are indeed punishable by law if purposeful and outside local ordinances including hunting season.

 

[Folly's place]

Keep your birds and their food in their coop and enclosed run for a week or three, and those turkeys, if wild, will move on. Have you talked to the neighbor? If these birds belong there, they should be fenced at home. If they are wild birds, find out what your state laws are before taking any serious action.
We have wild turkeys around here, and I'm delighted to see them. Winter with snow cover is difficult, and they have found food! My chicken feed is always inside, never out of their coop and run. It keeps many wild visitors away.
Mary

 

[ChocolateMouse]

All good advice, hence the question, CAN you shoot them and turn them into stew?

If you can, delicioso. If you can't, an alternative is a good idea (like keeping the food indoors or only feeding the chickens as much as they need, etc.)

 

[MissChick@dee]

Talk to your neighbors.
Or
Build your own fence.
Or
Shoot them after you talk to your neighbors.
Try communicating first.

 

[wamtazlady]

Wish I had an answer besides shooting but I couldn't find one last year. Got to the point where I was feeding the geese twice a day and standing over them while they ate. Those turkeys are just not afraid. Had a flock of 16 wild turkeys here and they were eating more than 50 pounds of my goose feed a week before I started feeding the geese while I was there. This year there are no turkey at all. Have no idea what happened to them except that maybe the cougar took them.