Rebecka
Lovin' The Homestead
We have 7 adolescent turkeys. In the adjoining enclosure we have the small/injured bird area. In that we had 3 of the cutest little what we think might have been easter eggers ( long story) a top hat hen, white silkie hen and an injured chicken. Everything was fine until we moved this new injured hen into the enclosure. Anytime we move birds around, we hang out to make sure everyone is going to be nice and everything seemed just fine, for several days even. The turkeys would frequent over to the small bird side ( it was just a half fence between them ) and it was still fine. Then, one day I look out the window and there is this mosh pit of feathers flying. There were multiple small injuries but nothing serious. My sweet husband put a full fence between the enclosures to keep the turkeys out, but they are crafty. We had a few more days of fence patching and thought it was all taken care of. Then, I go this morning and there is a turkey tom in with the small birds, one of my easter eggers ( ?) is dead and another is mortally injured. I don't get it. The culprits are a breed of wild bronze and are very sweet with me and the other turkeys. My royal palms are as sweet as can be and are currently sharing space with a pair of wild rabbits. They happily eat out of the same dishes at the same time. Are bronze turkeys just more aggressive? Do I need to plan on personal size turkeys for Thanksgiving this year? Any chance they will grow out of this? Maybe just troublesome teens?
