Turkey behavior questions!

[byezic]

Hi everyone, we added 4 turkeys to our flock this year. We have 4 ducks and 18 chickens. The turkeys were poults when we got them and we hand raised them. We are pretty sure we have 1 tom and 3 females. It’s 3 bronze and 1 narrangasset. Now onto the questions. They are MENACES. Will they get better as they mature more? They are about 4 1/2 months old right now. We have had to stop letting them free range because they chase delivery drivers, people walking down the road, anyone who comes over. They are not aggressively chasing, they are just nosey and want attention. Our birds are pets to us so they get a lot of attention and we are very hands on with them, as in petting and holding them. They also constantly are jumping onto the cars, tractors, hay baler and mower. We are reaching mental breakdown territory because of their craziness. I did so much research before getting them and I do not recall reading anything about them being this crazy. Could it be because we have 4 of them? I also want to add that even though they are crazy and naughty, we would never get rid of them. We will learn to adapt and whatnot, I just want to know if there is light at the end of the tunnel for us lol

Thank you for reading and for any advice!

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[oldhenlikesdogs]

Turkeys are crazy. It's why mine are kept in a nice shed and big run. We let them out occasionally but all they do is make trouble harassing chickens or trying to roam everywhere.

Turkeys do easily imprint on humans and love to follow them everywhere.

 

[byezic]

Turkeys are crazy. It's why mine are kept in a nice shed and big run. We let them out occasionally but all they do is make trouble harassing chickens or trying to roam everywhere.

Turkeys do easily imprint on humans and love to follow them everywhere.

Oh dear! lol I was really hoping they would grow out of it especially once the females start laying. The 1 thing we cannot deal with is chasing strangers down the road. We may have to build them their own run lol

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Oh dear! lol I was really hoping they would grow out of it especially once the females start laying. The 1 thing we cannot deal with is chasing strangers down the road. We may have to build them their own run lol

I think the first 2 years are the worse and than they settle down after that. You do have to be careful totally free ranging turkeys as sometimes they wander off following the wild ones. You also have to be careful that the jens don't nest in a place that leaves them vulnerable to predators, and you to more turkey poults you may or may not want.