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[KlopKlop]

When they are young they will jump and fly 3-4 ft high When they get older they do not go more than a foot or two up, at least mine don't.  You will not really need a fence. Turkeys never run away and their preferred sitting/roosting area is the back porch/deck.

I would think your fencing idea would work. Just know turkeys are naturally friendly and love people. 

My issue is that I'm in an area that i worry that chickens could share worms with the turkeys if I let them in the same area. The area I want to put the turkeys is up the hill and away from the chickens.

 

[lvie]

Do you know the old saying "birds of a feather flock together"? Well, that is part of the deal you have, also is difference in age, also your ISAs had their territory already and you brought in new, younger birds. Unless you see some serious beating up and drawing blood, I don't think you have to worry too much. Give the RIRs time to catch up in size and see how it goes.
The drop in eggs? It is fall, days are getting shorter and we are now past the Equinox. In case you weren't aware, laying is based on the number of hours of light they get, so if you want the older pullets to keep laying, give them the extra light they need. That might also get the RIRs laying sooner too, because you may not see any eggs from those until February otherwise.

As long as the older birds are not keeping the younger ones from eating and drinking, and aren't drawing blood, I would keep up with these and see where it goes.

Do you know the old saying "birds of a feather flock together"? Well, that is part of the deal you have, also is difference in age, also your ISAs had their territory already and you brought in new, younger birds. Unless you see some serious beating up and drawing blood, I don't think you have to worry too much. Give the RIRs time to catch up in size and see how it goes.
The drop in eggs? It is fall, days are getting shorter and we are now past the Equinox. In case you weren't aware, laying is based on the number of hours of light they get, so if you want the older pullets to keep laying, give them the extra light they need. That might also get the RIRs laying sooner too, because you may not see any eggs from those until February otherwise.

As long as the older birds are not keeping the younger ones from eating and drinking, and aren't drawing blood, I would keep up with these and see where it goes.

So will they ever flock together?

 

[duluthralphie]

My issue is that I'm in an area that i worry that chickens could share worms with the turkeys if I let them in the same area. The area I want to put the turkeys is up the hill and away from the chickens.

I was kind of thinking you were on heavy soil and would have to keep them apart. This worthless sand doe have some advantages.

 

[Minniechickmama]

I figured we would put them in a tractor until they were bigger than raptor bait like you said too. The electric netting is only 4 feet high but without it having a top bar I was thinking they wouldn't try to fly up on it. I would build a mobile roost I could drag around with them.

How big is your pasture? One roll of fencing will make a circle roughly 55 feet in diameter or roughly 2200 sq feet.

The turkey pasture is 45'X30'.

I haven't worried about separating my turkeys for the reasons you mention, I know a few people who mix theirs and let their turkeys, guineas, chickens, ducks, etc. all live together. I separate mine because I don't like the turkeys messing with the chickens but mostly because I feed them differently.

 

[Minniechickmama]

So will they ever flock together?

Only time will tell. I have seen breeds separate themselves from each other during the roaming part of the day, but when they are in pens or at feeding time, everyone is mixed together.

 

[Bogtown Chick]

So will they ever flock together?

Ivie: You will see them together at different times and then you'll see them pair off probably. The bonds of the brooder run deep. I have several new introductions to my originals. 3 different introductions outside of the original I had got. By far the ones that are closest are the original. That being said I have a rooster. And he can make the others "accept" laying hens etc. The old girls may not always like it but what he says goes. And especially if one of the newbies is laying. He's keeping her close to his side. That being said I think your girls just need time...it may take several months...but if they are less than a year old you will see them start to accept each other. The pecking order will sort itself out.

 

[lvie]

Only time will tell. I have seen breeds separate themselves from each other during the roaming part of the day, but when they are in pens or at feeding time, everyone is mixed together.

Only time will tell. I have seen breeds separate themselves from each other during the roaming part of the day, but when they are in pens or at feeding time, everyone is mixed together.

Good to know and Thanks. I am definitely a 'chickie' person and I like it when they flock together. Plus they are more trainable as chicks plus there are not alot of birds in the flock so next spring I will purchase chicks once more and begin again.

 

[scandiafowl]

I hope that was the smart*** comment and not the dumb*** one?

Depending upon my constitution it could go either way

 

[Minniechickmama]

If you look at two age groups of pullets as junior high cliques, then it makes sense how they are behaving toward each other.

 

[scandiafowl]

Only time will tell.  I have seen breeds separate themselves from each other during the roaming part of the day, but when they are in pens or at feeding time, everyone is mixed together.

My clan has definite sub-groups. The Jerserys stick together, as they have always been together.
Zeus keeps his groupies close, the two Swedish Flower Hens.
The two banty Cochins and two Bresse are their own little group as well. They rarely venture out of the pen to free range.