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ShadowsFIAL said:
Yinepu, do you keep your turkeys separate from your chickens?
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At first I didn't

then a few of the chickens started trying to bully my toms... (yeah.. i had a few evil hens that went to freezer camp because of their attitudes)

then breeding season kicked in..and a tom decided a chicken hen was his new lady love.. the sight of a 20 pound tom trying to breed a 5 pound hen was a bit much... so I broke it up.. gave the turkeys their own coop
 
yinepu said:
At first I didn't

then a few of the chickens started trying to bully my toms... (yeah.. i had a few evil hens that went to freezer camp because of their attitudes)

then breeding season kicked in..and a tom decided a chicken hen was his new lady love.. the sight of a 20 pound tom trying to breed a 5 pound hen was a bit much... so I broke it up.. gave the turkeys their own coop
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I think I might try them together at first... an if it doesn't work then I will build them their own pen. I can't imagine a tom trying to breed with a chicken hen.
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yinepu said:
that's entirely up to you and your hen... some hens make great broody moms... others... well.. not so much. Since it's spring, I would tend to leave her with them.. BUT that also depends on the coop setup you have. 

is there a place where she can raise her brood that is protected from the rest of the flock?.. if not you may lose a few of the chicks .. so that's something to think about. 


basically the decision is yours.. you need to see what you can provide for her as a pen / coop.. plus you'll have to watch and see how she is as a mamma hen...
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Thanks! That answers my question. I think I'll take them to the brooder once they hatch. I'd like to get her back to laying as soon as possible also. I've had chickens for about 5 years now but I've never let them hatch babies.
 
yinepu said:
basically... no.. and anyone who tells you they are.. is.. in my opinion (and in Paco's).. a liar

This is Paco after the neighbor's dogs paid us a visit one night

wound mostly healed.. was on the back at the base of his neck


the attack happened at night.. emus sleep at night.. so he was just as vulnerable as a chicken or a duck. He was covered in blood.. had lost half his feathers.. it only took the dogs barely 2 minutes to do this damage to him. When I went outside to see what was going on he came running to me with a dog hanging off his neck. Had I been a minute late... he would have been a dead emu. As it was I was amazed he was alive the next morning. To the best of my knowledge.. the other emus didn't come to his rescue.. it was dark and they had all bedded down for the night. He was the only one that came running towards me for help.. the others were still down in the back where they bed down.
the dogs suffered 0 damage...

Now, had the dogs tried to come in during the day the emus would have tried to band together in an attempt to drive them off or kill them. They are very territorial when they can see what's going on.

so emus are good during the day.. but not at night. As juveniles or babies they are just as vulnerable to an attack as a chicken.. so they don't even work well as a daytime guardian until they are yearlings.. and at that age you would need several. A lone emu could be killed by a pack of dogs or coyotes .. but in a one on one fight (during the day).. the emu would probably come out ahead.
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Awww, poor paco. Good to hear he is recovering
 

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