Turkeys and more!

[Claires Poultry]

Hello and welcome to BYC!

We're so glad to have you here with us!

Thank you for joining our wonderful community of fellow poultry enthusiasts!

Your turkeys are beautiful!

 

[fldiver97]

Welcome

 

[R2elk]

Hello! I am new, live on 30 acres in western NY. I have 19 birds - 3 turkeys , 3 Bantie chickens, 2 call ducks , 1 peacock and 8 guinea hens. All free range together - lost 2 guinea hens to predators earlier in the summer. I find the whole group roaming my trails - (it’s hysterical to watch the ducks keep up) The turkeys are all Toms - and recently started attacking my husband and visitors. They are 6 month old black Spanish heritage and 1 bronze. My husband is getting really nervous the turkeys are going to really hurt someone or our dogs. Has anyone dealt with this? Any suggestions?

Ugh! They tend to be super aggressive in their “flock” but solo they are wimps . I can’t decipher who is the most aggressive... plus, I never get attacked . My guinea hens try to stop them from attacking ( super funny) but they also can instigate a lot of tension. My hope is they outgrow this but ... I don’t know if that is realistic..

X2 on what @oldhenlikesdogs & @TwoCrows have said.

Your turkeys will not grow out of their aggression and the tension being caused by the guineas will only get worse during breeding season.

There is a lot of good information in the fowl specific forums.

Turkeys

Guinea Fowl

 

[007Sean]

Howdy and Welcome to Backyard Chickens.

Happy to have you here with us. Enjoy your time here at BYC!
@oldhenlikesdogs , @TwoCrows , and @R2elk have given sage advice.

Thanks for joining our community!