Turkey hens fighting

[Christy5504]

I have a female Turkey who hatched a bunch of eggs and another who tried. The two females always got along but now they want to destroy each other. I know the mom is probably trying to protect her babies. The question I have is do I let them duke it out? Will they really hurt each other badly if I do? I let them fight for 20 minutes today with the mom being the clear winner, but the other still wouldn’t back down. Should I bring in the male? Will he help to break it up or would it be pure chaos?

Would love to have them all back integrated with each other. Any advice is appreciated.

 

[R2elk]

I have a female Turkey who hatched a bunch of eggs and another who tried. The two females always got along but now they want to destroy each other. I know the mom is probably trying to protect her babies. The question I have is do I let them duke it out? Will they really hurt each other badly if I do? I let them fight for 20 minutes today with the mom being the clear winner, but the other still wouldn’t back down. Should I bring in the male? Will he help to break it up or would it be pure chaos?

Would love to have them all back integrated with each other. Any advice is appreciated.

My recommendation is to separate the hen with the poults from everyone else until the poults are a couple of weeks older.

The hens aren't going to hurt each other but poults may get killed in the confusion.

I would not put the tom in with the hen and poults.

 

[Molpet]

I had a poult get squashed this year with hens fighting

 

[Christy5504]

My recommendation is to separate the hen with the poults from everyone else until the poults are a couple of weeks older.

The hens aren't going to hurt each other but poults may get killed in the confusion.

I would not put the tom in with the hen and poults.

Thank you