Stressed out turkeys😔

[Callalilly Farms]

I am saying you cannot trust toms especially when you only have one hen and she is on a nest. You can prevent the tom from having access to the nest without separating him from the hen.

One method is to make a cage around the nest with an opening the hen can go through but small enough that the tom cannot go through.

Toms will take advantage of a hen sitting on a nest as an invitation to breed. This can lead to smashed eggs and an injured hen. In the worst case, it can end with a dead hen.

Okay that's a great idea. She's definitely not nesting yet. I think the stress and the pacing is preventing her from really nesting. I've only gotten one egg from her

 

[Callalilly Farms]

The chickens would do better in a run that small than the turkeys will.

The Tom attacks my dogs and he's going to end up getting killed because I can't watch every 5 minutes That's why they got put in a run opposed to my chickens

 

[R2elk]

The Tom attacks my dogs and he's going to end up getting killed because I can't watch every 5 minutes That's why they got put in a run opposed to my chickens

I understand your problem. I had a hen that would stop and fight with the dog through the fence every time she walked by.