Turkey hates my baby! Stop the aggression?

[monarc23]

We had bronze turkeys 3, a tom and 2 hens...only thte one hen was nice...the tom and the one hen were very aggressive and would try to attack anyone who came even close to them. I would keep that tom penned up if it was me...that tom can do a number on your child. I've bled pretty bad from the tom we had.

 

[gypsy2621]

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National Geographc has a special they are running tnight at 8 pm Eastern time called "Morphed"
what they have been adverising mostly is how Trkeys morphed from Dianosaur Raptor type bird to what they are now.

It should be a good watch and may be more enlightning than thought.

Personally I have never had an aggressive Tom.
Mine have always been drama queens and attention hounds.

But I read one post saying sweet bird went psycho when a child kicked at it, personally this made sense, no threat untill the threat was brought to them.
when in doubt always seperate out, covered pen will stop bad behaviors.

 

[OthalaAcres]

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I'm glad you mentioned that... I keep seeing the ads for that and almost forgot it was on tonight. It looks like a very interesting program.

Our toms are all very docile, but our original flock patriarch was a big feathered ball of mean. He would attack anyone that went into the pen... all beak, claws & wings. DH had a knock-down, drag out battle with him on more than a few occasions... even grabbed him by the neck and body slammed him as he leaped at him, but he got right back up without missing a beat and resumed his assault. He was very close to going into the freezer, but someone local wanted to take him, even after I warned her about his aggression. I talked to her a few months later and she said he attacked everyone there too.

Aggressive animals aren't allowed to stay here. Play nice or be packed in ice!

 

[monarc23]

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I'm glad you mentioned that... I keep seeing the ads for that and almost forgot it was on tonight. It looks like a very interesting program.

Our toms are all very docile, but our original flock patriarch was a big feathered ball of mean. He would attack anyone that went into the pen... all beak, claws & wings. DH had a knock-down, drag out battle with him on more than a few occasions... even grabbed him by the neck and body slammed him as he leaped at him, but he got right back up without missing a beat and resumed his assault. He was very close to going into the freezer, but someone local wanted to take him, even after I warned her about his aggression. I talked to her a few months later and she said he attacked everyone there too.

Aggressive animals aren't allowed to stay here. Play nice or be packed in ice!