Help my male emu is being horrible

[Megzy]

Hi,
Just wondering if anyone can help me.
My male emu has become super aggressive & downright horrible.
Story - a few weeks ago my neighbour gave us a baby turkey which Barry (the emu) kind of adopted. On the advice from our local wildlife park, I finally managed to get the turkey away from him & bought another to keep it company.
Barry has been cranky ever since. He cornered me in his pen when I fed them (I have a female who couldn't care less lol)
I am really scared of him at the moment & want my nice emu back. He kicks & snaps at everyone. He can hear the turkeys chirping from his pen.
I'm thinking I may have to re home the turkeys but they are very cute.
Any advice on steps I should take or will he get over it???

 

[ES Emus]

what justification did the wildlife park give for taking away the "adopted" turkey? Emus are generally social creatures and tend to bond with whoever and whatever from the day they hatch?

 

[Megzy]

They said that he will probably remain aggressive if the turkey stays with him & that because the turkey won't grow as big as an emu that he may never be nice & calm again protecting it. Natural instincts I guess. We usually let the emus roam our yard but when the turkey came he charged everyone & we were stuck in the house till we were game enough to lure him back to his pen.
I would love to be able to keep them together if I knew that Barry would be nice again!