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Here's a pic of my once sick Tom that I believed had black head. It's hot outside but he's the one standing on the left. As you can see he lost some weight but his colors are good and snood hanging down over his beek again. I would say minus the weight he lost he's darn near 100% now...

Just a update my sick Jake is dang near 100% now. His color is all back, he's displaying and pretty much back to his old self again. Habanero pepper did the trick for him.

I don't know if anyone is even reading this but I thought I would share my outcome, hopefully someone else will find it useful. I just checked in on my sick Tom that I believe had blackhead. I'm happy to say he is doing great, best I've seen him look in a over a week. My experiences only...

Hooray \o/ he's doing better!!! I just checked in on him... he's still standing around with wings drooped but his head color is just about back and he is eating out of the feeder :) I'm still going to give him another dose of habanero this evening but it's looking like he's on the mend now.

On a positive note after his initial dose of habanero - he appears to be doing a little better. I went out to check on him this morning and honestly it was hard to spot him at first because he was eating grass with the other turkeys but his head color is still a bit off (orange rather than red...

One of my two Toms came down with what I believe to be black head based on what I've read here and other places. I'm not a animal doctor but all the signs are pointing to black head. Runny sulfur colored poop, head is dull orange, has isolated himself from the rest of the turkeys, stands with...

Thank you for responding. I have to see about bringing in some new blood soon then. I'm wanting to build another pen for 5 or 6 Narragansetts but with 30 chickens already (15 RIR & 15 BO) plus 20 more cornish X roos on order I think I better wait until next spring - I blame chicken math...

Day 90 - Yep most definitely 2 Toms and 3 Hens - Nothing left to do but name 1 Tom Thanksgiving and 1 Hen Christmas :) 3 Hens on right 2 Toms on left A couple more clues to help guess the sex of a young turkey poult. 1) Flipping the chicks over on their backs and noticing if the extend...

Day 87 - I finally got some pics of one of the Jakes displaying. They don't display long so hard to get a pic. Amazing how they almost instantly become a different bird.

It's official unless hens gobble -:lol sitting on the front porch I heard a gobble. We got a lot of wild turkey around here so I thought it might be a wild turkey. But just to case checked the turkey coop and sure enough the two I thought were Tom's all along are gobbling. So it's pretty...

Thanks and yeah it's just so difficult to tell at this age. I'll make sure I post again when i know for sure. My grand daughter loves the "keys" shes not old enough to say turkey yet - just too cute :)

I went out and watched my 5 BR for a while. A couple of things noticed. Two of them appears much more developed than the other 3. They are the biggest, their Wattles, Caruncles and Snood are much more developed. Their heads often turn a dark shade of red and they both have a mean look about...

73 days old now. I think it's becoming more apparent that I have 1 hen now. 1 of the 5 is so much smaller than the other 4. But I'm still not sure of the other 4.

I found this... now I turkey hunt and I learned this a long time ago but for some odd reason - I totally forgot about this... so poop in the shape of a J or L = Jake / Tom. Poop in a pile like a snail shell = Hen. So i examained the turkey yard and sure enough there are snail shaped piles and J...

I found this picture of a young jake and hen - now i understand why its so hard to sex a young turkey by feathers alone. Looking at just the feathers they look just about identical.

Do hens also display (fan tail feathers, drop wings and puff up feathers)?

Do you about how many days or weeks you should be able to tell the difference with the breast feathers? It's not like I can change their sex but I would like to know anyways

Here is a pic of them roosting I tried to get a good shot of their chest feathers. So they all appear to be hens then?

I will definitely check the chest feathers tonight when the roost. I'll see if I can't get a picture too. I really like turkeys, I have this wild flock roaming the property. They let me get close enough for pictures but that's about it.

Some closeups anyone? Another head shot Thanks