Is it safe

[kathydoolittle]

Is it safe to raise my turkeys with my chickens, ducks, and Guienias?

 

[thaiturkey]

Have a look at posts about Blackhead.

 

[boxermom]

I don't have blackhead in my area, so I raise them together. I haven't had any problems. In fact, my turkeys have been hatched and raised by my chickens. They are all very healthy.

 

[Tunastopper]

I don't have blackheads either where I live. I have had guinea fowl chase turkeys until they died. I have had one that was nice to the turkeys. I have not had a problem yet with geese or ducks with my turkeys. Once in a while my turkey hens chase my roosters. They don't like them much but have not hurt them.

 

[kuntrygirl]

What does a chicken with blackhead look like? Anyone know? Any pics anyone?

 

[Olive Hill]

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Exactly like a chicken without blackhead.

 

[Denninmi]

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As I understand it, chickens show little or no signs of this parasitic protozoan, it's harmless to them but dangerous to turkeys. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, though.

 

[ivan3]

Some chickens do become symptomatic (see the aviagen link - along with other links) in this thread: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=4339297#p4339297

We also have our turks/chooks in adjacent runs with common fence and no problems.

 

[kuntrygirl]

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Exactly like a chicken without blackhead.

uh oh. scary.

 

[ziggywiggy]

When you say raise together, I assume you're talking about newly hatched.
I wouldn't raise them with ducks because ducks are always splashing water everywhere and poults can't handle being wet. And like tunastopper said, guineas can be mean. I got rid of my guineas because they were mean to everything. I was having a barbecue one day and one of our friends has a rather long beard and my male guinea attacked him.