Turkeys with Goats and Chickens

[SarahFair]

I am wanting to get some turkey poults this week. After they are grown I am going to be putting them in with the goats and chickens.
I have heard they will attack dogs, what about goats?
My goats still have horns so they will have some protection.


Should I introduce the turks to the goats as they grow?

 

[ziggywiggy]

I'd worry more about the chickens than the goats. They can be a little aggressive towards chickens if they have not been raised with them and even when they are raised with chickens you're going to have the pecking order thing going on so the Turkeys will always eat their fill first. Now having said that, if you have a fairly large area or free range, everything should be fine.

 

[SarahFair]

Itll be a pen about 50'x50' if not bigger..
I am about to hatch some chicks out on the 23rd. Im guessing if they would be too old to put with day olds if I got them this week?
Would hatching some out after these chicks and putting the poults in with month old chicks work better?

 

[ziggywiggy]

50'x50' is kind of small in my opinion for that variety of animals. Personally, I'd build seperate pens.
Putting different aged chicks together is risky. I would not put any newly hatched chicks or poults together who are over a week in age difference. Somebody is always going to pick on somebody else. But, as they grow older and their size difference is less noticable, you can start combining them.
Also, read the thread about blackhead. That's another reason to build seperate pens.