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Now I know that turtles can get aggressive but I'm curious about how that works. For instance if I get three male hatchlings that grow up together are they still going to fight?

as long as no females are introduced,3 males should co-exist just fine,as long as they are roughly the same size.
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1.1 cb spotted turtles (parker(f),stinky(m))
0.0.1 cb baby red cheek mud (pickles)
0.0.1 cb baby chiapas musk (chomper)
0.0.3 wc baby stinkpots (inky,blinky,&dot)
1.1 wc eastern mud turtles (george & jane)
1.0 cb eastern painted turtle (fred)
0.0.1 mississippi map (lil' dummy)
0.0.1 cb ally snapper (gamera)
0.0.2 red-eared sliders(kaelan's classroom pets,summer babysitting)
1.0 cb06 albino corn (rusty)
0.0.1 cb07 apalachicola kingsnake
0.0.1 wc halloween crab
0.1 irritating cat (sassy )
2.0 cb children (sidney,13 & kaelan,5)
0.1 wc wife (danae,age withheld due to fears for personal safety)

"my name is inigo montoya...you killed my father.prepare to die."

That is an interesting scenario. Raising hatchling mud turtles together of any species certainly helps reduce aggression.
But three males? Megalon makes a good point about not introducing a female into the mix once they become mature. But I really wonder if three males will tolerate each other as they grow.

I can only agree with Mayday...I very much doubt this would be a good idea. If they don't kill each other outright, they will probably stress each other out a lot at some point!

I keep groups of various kinosternids ( 3 types of kinosternon,4 sternotherus),in groups. The individuals will let you know if it works. I've only had 1 male on male razorback incident where I changed 1 individual & the new male was fine with the old male. I also had a male stinkpot who only liked his mate he attacked any other kinosternid placed in the tank, females included. the thing I find most plausible is visual barries keep down agression very well even with female on female or cross gender aggression. It should work with space & visual barriers even if females are introduced, but there would have to be more females then males.

2.3 carinatus live in this tank. Again it took sevral tries before the right combo arrived in quasi- harmony. the current group are ok with each other." Your turtles, not us" will tell you if they are ok together.

Still, you never know how many more eggs they would have possibly produced if they would have been kept separately! My Loggerhead trio (1.2) are housed separately and produce up to 30 hatchlings (from about 40 eggs) annually.