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I have 2 white broad breasted turkeys getting ready to leave the heat lamps and go out to the pasture.

I have 7  one year old chicken hens, and 5 hens that are still in that "toddler" stage, not laying yet, still run away from everything.  They are already out in the pasture.  

I also have 6 chicks still under the lamps, 4 are old enough that when it is warm enough I put them out and bring them in when the sun goes down.  The other 2 chicks are still half down, half feathers.

 

The turkeys so far are NOT very nice!  They try to rip our fingers off every time we change their food and water and clean out their crate. 

 

Our chickens are our pets.  We have carried them and they jump up on our lap if we are in the pasture at the fire pit.  All they have to hear is the door even start to open and they run to the gate. 

 

I am concerned with how mean these turkeys are.  We free range our birds, they have over an acre to roam free. 

So my question is, is it ok to put these mean turkeys out with my babies???  My first time having turkeys -they are NOT pets.  They're brats!