Turkey HELP

elsfieldchickens

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Jun 8, 2011
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i have 5 turkeys 2 males 2 females and a young poult.the 2 toms hatched together and been with each other all ther lives {they are 18 months old} we added the 2 females in whith them about 2 months ago and it was fine then 1 of them started laying. but recently the 2 toms have started fighting and its getting serious they are slamming each other into ther fence of ther pen and letting the others escape.Ther is plenty of space for them to hide and escape each other in the pen so my Question is how do i stop them fighting?
 
i have 5 turkeys 2 males 2 females and a young poult.the 2 toms hatched together and been with each other all ther lives {they are 18 months old} we added the 2 females in whith them about 2 months ago and it was fine then 1 of them started laying. but recently the 2 toms have started fighting and its getting serious they are slamming each other into ther fence of ther pen and letting the others escape.Ther is plenty of space for them to hide and escape each other in the pen so my Question is how do i stop them fighting?

With two very equal toms the fight can go on indefinitely as neither is dominant over the other. As long as the turkeys remain together the fight for dominance will continue until one of them clearly establishes dominance.

If you really want the fighting to stop, you will have to separate the toms and not just by a fence that they can see through. Toms who have clearly established their pecking order still love to fight through a fence.

I would have never put two hens in with two toms. My experience with that was a lot of infertile eggs as neither tom would allow the other to finish the breeding. I would have separated the toms so they could not have seen each other and I would have given both hens to just one of the toms.
 

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