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olafippy

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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?
 

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Aggressive turkeys are dangerous, and I haven't had an luck changing their behavior. I keep turkeys too. They are best penned by themselves so everyone else stays safe. We butcher any aggressive ones which isn't often thankfully.

Welcome to BYC. :frow
 
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..
 
olafippy said:
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..
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They may outgrow it. Putting a stop to their attempts would help before it becomes a habit. That's where penning them up may help.

As they mature they will probably start to fight as well amongst themselves. Do you plan on getting some hens? Eventually they will want to mate. Without turkey hens they will try to mate your other poultry probably and that won't turn out well.

Turkeys are great birds, but they need to know they are turkeys. If they bond too much with other species, including humans they will include all the species in their behaviors.

Some people do okay mixing turkeys with other poultry species, and others like me have had problems from it. Turkeys can be troublemakers. :)
 
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