"What the he*l is that??"

[Kevin565]

I used to have a Bourbon Red tom, and he and my African gander would get into amazing pushing matches. You know how geese have their own way of doing "male territorial combat: and turkeys have their way? Well, the gander would do the "head low and horizontal-with-hissing" and the tom would butt his chest against the gander's and wrap his long neck around the gander's long neck, and they would just push and pull until I broke it up.

The ducks would keep their distance when those two were doing their thing!

Finally I had to keep the turkey in a separate part of the barn and pen so he and the gander would stop duking it out.

. Luckily there hasn't been much territory issues yet but it's probably because the Tom is so young. Luckily I'm rehoming my Gander due to his overall aggression but hopefully my other Geese won't have any issues with the tom

 

[Chicken Lover 1]

omg

 

[PetesMom]

omg

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[Stephanie739]

That's weird...the lady I got these two from has all of her turkeys and chickens living together!

I'm waiting on some turkey eggs! I do plan on keeping mine with the chickens eventually, at least not strictly separated anyway..they will definitely be free ranging together at times.

 

[Kevin565]

I know quite a few people that free range them together. However, these people are also routine de wormers which probably attributes to why they haven't had any issues.

 

[Stephanie739]

I know quite a few people that free range them together. However, these people are also routine de wormers which probably attributes to why they haven't had any issues.

Okay. Good to know. I have never dewormed my chickens. I have never seen worms, and I don't usually like to use a lot of medicines as a precautions(although I did chose the vaccinations by the hatchery before hmm) Anyway, do you have any worming recommendations for consideration? Thanks.

 

[Kevin565]

If memory serves me right it suggested every 3 months for Free Ranging Birds and Every Month- 6 weeks for penned birds. Most people down here use Goat Dewormers.

 

[PetesMom]

If memory serves me right it suggested every 3 months for Free Ranging Birds and Every Month- 6 weeks for penned birds. Most people down here use Goat Dewormers.

Oh wow this is good to know! I had no idea you should deworm birds....I'm assuming you can't eat eggs after this?

 

[Kevin565]

Deworming is more common in Chickens,Peafowl,Turkey, etc. I rarely hear of people deworming waterfowl unless they have gape worm.The main concern when housing species like Peafowl and Turkeys with other fowl is Blackhead. Many people who worm on a regular basis rarely have issues with it compared to people who don't. Also yes there is a certain period you shouldn't eat the eggs after they have been wormed. I think one of the chicken people said 2 weeks but I honestly don't know.

 

[70%cocoa]

By 2 weeks after worming all traces of the medication should be gone from the eggs and they'll be safe to eat. To be honest, though, very little of anything is likely to get through to eggs, as the medication is metabolised by the body and broken down into new molecules or turned into something else, long before it gets near the egg producing process.

Personally, I am pretty cavalier about it and sometimes continue to eat eggs after worming, however I do not give these eggs to other people until two weeks after the medication. Mostly though I just give them to my dog.