Help my Rooster, Waylon!

[AshleyKirky]

The other day I noticed blood splatter on the inside coop door (the one the people use). I searched the coop and saw it here and there. I thought it was my dominant rooster getting rough with a female and when I went searching for the victim, I noticed it was actually Waylon (said dominant rooster) who was bleeding! His comb was bloody. I’ve been cleaning it since seeing it, and it doesn’t seem to be getting better…
Today I went in for the cleaning, caught him up, cleaned what I could with just a towel and some water, released him and when I went to check on him in the run, I noticed one of the turkeys was actually biting his comb. I was pissed, stormed the run, grabbed up the pterodactyl (aka turkey) and … told him to be nice lol but how can I help Waylon?

 

[JustBabyMargo]

Poor guy. It should heal up on its own, but maybe not if there’s a mean turkey in there with him. You could separate one or the other until he’s healed up a bit. How many turkeys do you have, and are the chickens and turkey(s) together all day?

 

[AshleyKirky]

Poor guy. It should heal up on its own, but maybe not if there’s a mean turkey in there with him. You could separate one or the other until he’s healed up a bit. How many turkeys do you have, and are the chickens and turkey(s) together all day?

2 Toms and yes together all day and night. I’m thinking I either need to expand the run or relocate the turkeys. They’re normally fine together but recently we’ve had a heavy snow fall (which is not entirely common for my area) and they’re cooped up

 

[JustBabyMargo]

2 Toms and yes together all day and night. I’m thinking I either need to expand the run or relocate the turkeys. They’re normally fine together but recently we’ve had a heavy snow fall (which is not entirely common for my area) and they’re cooped up

If you can, I would definitely recommend relocating the turkeys. Since they are both males, and they are being raised with chickens, they will most likely continue to do things like this because they are trying to prove that they are more dominant. I would also be scared of them trying to mount the hens.

 

[Lenny loves chickens]

If you can, I would definitely recommend relocating the turkeys. Since they are both males, and they are being raised with chickens, they will most likely continue to do things like this because they are trying to prove that they are more dominant. I would also be scared of them trying to mount the hens.

Agreed

 

[AshleyKirky]

Thank you! So far, they’re only mounting each other but yes, I will be relocating them