Tom attacks chicken hen

[chickensam]

Ack! Today my one tom had a chicken hen by the head and was bashing her around. She’s alive but bleeding. Seems fine. I separated her.

Do I need to separate him from chickens??
I have a tom, turkey hen and 5 chicken hens. Up til now they’ve been fine. But the last few days he’s strutting all day.

I’ve got a small predator proof coop/run and a larger run. And I let the 2 turkeys free range most days.
Now what?!?

 

[sourland]

Now it's time to separate them. It may be necessary to add more turkey hens.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

I too recommend permanently separating turkeys from the chickens. I've had chickens killed by turkeys.

 

[Bigtom Turkey]

He was prob trying to mate, so yeah separate them.