What could go wrong? 2 week old poults + chicks

[AlezaJ]

I have 2 week old chicks and poults. A broody hen is currently hatching her brood and I'm considering moving the 19 chick's in with the 7 poults in their larger brooder to make room for mama and babies in the smaller brooder. The brooders are touching and only divided by 2 layers of 1/2 inch hardware cloth. How likely is it for the poults to get sick from the chick's if I put them together? Would you do this or leave the hen and her brood free ranging?

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

I wouldn't worry about diseases, I would worry about the turkeys growing up not understanding that chickens are a different species and vice versa. I've had turkeys kill chickens they were raised with, and a rooster scalped a turkey hen attempting to mate and dominate. In my experiences it hasn't gone well to raise them together.