Raising partridges and Turkeys together… that Ok?

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I was hiking in an oak forest in El Sobrante, Calif. when a turkey hen pretty much jumped at me, making lots of noise and circling around me a few feet away — I had to shoo her away with my bag to keep her at bay… I was pretty sure turkeys do not get rabies, but I was beginning to wonder….

Then I noticed that under the oak just ahead of me – with low branches touching the ground were a bunch of very tiny chicks, only noticeable because – against their best interest – they were moving around and chirping a lot….

So, the behavior of the mother was trying to cover that, and her strategy appeared to be as follows:

1) She was making constant noise to cover that of her chicks.

2) If I got close to her oak, she would get straight between me and the oak, raise her wings to look bigger, and act like she was determined to get a piece of me…

3) If I started walking away, she would keep circling around me, then as I got some distance away, she clearly tried to lead me away from her clutch. She did that for 200 yards before finally loosing interest in me.

I took a video of some of that on my Droid, but it did not capture the most aggressive behavior. The camera has a pretty wide angle, so you can tell the bird was darn close. You can see how she sometimes opens/raises her wings to seem bigger, although I did not get the full effect on tape.

Question by joeyhsgirl- due 2/10/10-: Raising partridges and Turkeys together… that Ok?
(Hatched the Turkeys from eggs and the Partridges from 3-4 weeks old.) Doing Ok together but worried about future

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