Turkey housing question...

[Roseyroberts]

Hello and thanks in advance!
I am relatively new to turkeys I have two Royal palms that are 3.5 months old. I would love to house them with the goats. We have fenced a large wooded area that seems to be secure from dogs . I know turkeys can fly and could get over the fence which would be ok for them to be in the yard as well. I'm just wondering if raccoons will get them at night? Raccoons and hawks are my only predator here. I am hoping turkeys are too large to be bothered by these guys? Would I have to coop them at night?

 

[SunHwaKwon]

Raccoons can definitely get them if they roost too low. I had a very large Tom that used to sleep on the back of a pickup truck until a raccoon got him one night.

 

[Roseyroberts]

Well dang it. I hoped turkeys were too large to be bothered.

 

[SunHwaKwon]

Well dang it. I hoped turkeys were too large to be bothered.

That was my hope too. But they are just as blind and defenseless in the dark as chickens, geese,etc. Is the goat pen covered, or does it have any trees in it?

 

[Roseyroberts]

That was my hope too. But they are just as blind and defenseless in the dark as chickens, geese,etc. Is the goat pen covered, or does it have any trees in it?

It is wooded, not covered. :/

 

[SunHwaKwon]

Likely they will fly up and sleep in the trees. They may not stay in the pen at all, depending on how much grass is in there and how the goats behave.