Tom fight - could use some advice

[meriruka]

I went out this morning and my Bourbon Red tom (named Jerry) had a very swollen face and it is covered in blood. There is blood on the roost as well. My Narragansett tom (named Toast) has some dried blood & what looks like a few peck marks.
I can't find any traces of a fight with an outside predator around the run fence, so i have to think the toms fought each other.
I separated Jerry so no one can pick at him, but it looks like his eyes were pecked - he acts like he's not seeing very well.
Is there any thing I can put on his face or eyes to make him feel better? Plain Neosporin maybe?

Anybody want a 9 month old Narragansett tom? He's outta here. I have no idea how to ax or process him, so that's not an option here.

 

[turkaholic]

Welcome to the wonderful world of Turkey Breeding Season!

As bad as he looks, his head will heal amazingly fast. Yes, it will look swollen, scabbed and nasty for a while, but you will notice improvement daily. Just keep the two separated. Toms are full of raging hormones right now and when you have more than one, this is what you have to deal with.

Good Luck.

 

[Cindiloohoo]

SOOO glad I only have a pair at this point

I'm not ready for this yet! Hope he gets better, and yeah it's normal during mating season so I've heard!

 

[A.T. Hagan]

Yep, that's typically a sure sign they're getting 'in the mood.'

Mine were so caught up with trying to tear one anothers heads off that they paid me no mind at all as I picked them up one by one to move them into different tractors.

.....Alan.

 

[HennyJenny]

So - uh - when does mating season end? I'm getting ready to put some BB eggs in the incubator and now I'm wondering how much more "stuff" I don't know

 

[Struttn1]

I have 5 toms and all are kept seperate but the other day I decided to let all the boys out and give the hens a rest. The fight was on. You know what they say....boys will be boys.