We've had our 23 chickens for about 6 months now and got the turkeys probably 3 months ago (they were already about 2-3 months old). The turkey obviously grew rapidly and everyone seems to co-habitate fine except I've noticed this past week that none of my chickens are using the roost bars. Yesterday while I was in the hen house, one of my hens jumped up to the roosting bars. The turkey almost immediately followed her. Very slowly (over a period of 6-7 minutes) made her way over to the hen and pushed her off the bar! So I am assuming this is why no-one is roosting except for the turkeys. My husband considered making a barrier ( basically splittling the roosting bar) hoping the turkeys would use one side and this would leave the other side open to the hens. Any other ideas? Also we were told we had a hen & tom when we got our turkey pair. Both seem about the same (one may be slightly smaller), have seen both gobble and strut (although not for very long). The snods are about the same size on both turkeys. Not overly large, just slightly hanging. I planned on getting pictures today, but ran out of time. Can anyone give me some additional ways to tell if I have two hens, or if for sure I have a tom too? Thanks so much.
