How to keep wild turkeys and your chickens out of your gardens?
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You can set up a motion sensitive sprinkler system to try and scare them away.
Fencing is the only way to keep them out of your garden.
Duplicate question, already answered. EJL
Put up a fence around the garden or fence the chickens and turkeys in.
4. Protect your garden from turkeys
Most of the crop and garden damage blamed on wild turkeys is actually caused by other animals (such as raccoons, groundhogs, foxes, deer, or squirrels). Still, you can keep wild turkeys from feasting on your garden or shrubs by using a motion-activated scare device (such as a Scarecrow Motion-Activated Sprinkler) or by protecting plants and vegetables with hardware cloth. (Try to avoid the use of netting, which can entrap birds and other animals.)
Chicken wire fencing.