Best way to sex a week old turkey baby

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Wonder how many more names you have beside "Smartalec"
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There's a video of that on youtube lol! I watched it with interest several times over when trying to vent sex my clutch of chicks last year. I determined that I was, in fact, an idiot coz I couldn't see a bump on any of them! Turned out all five were girls haha!

I LOVE IT !!!
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R.M. Hens :

Wow, thanks for the posts. I will definitely try to pick out my pair from the suggestions. Thanks

I have to agree you have a 50/50 chance on each one you choose. Please let us know your success rate I'll be interested to hear
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Awesome that was a good one
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I was just "staring", yes staring, lol at my new one week old Royal Palms
and there is a distinct difference in there wing feathers already. So I thought I
might be a genius and figured it out lol Maybe not
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What's the difference in the Royal Palms feathers that you noticed?I am looking at getting one saturday, but they aremt sexed. We want a tom.
 
ShannonMC said:
What's the difference in the Royal Palms feathers that you noticed?I am looking at getting one saturday, but they aremt sexed. We want a tom.
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so how did all this sexing go for turkeys ...all joking aside i has a 1 week old and curious as to what the sex is im hoping for a hen
 
Is there a way like with chickens? I.e. looking at wing tip length when they're a couple days old? Sure, we can tell after several weeks when males grow faster and get wattles and "warts" but looking for a way to tell sooner, lol.
Also, to someone who asked, yes, females can also sometimes to the "dance" with another. From what I can tell, it's a dominance thing. Many of our young turkeys, males and females do it.
 
AnnaCastle said:
Is there a way like with chickens? I.e. looking at wing tip length when they're a couple days old? Sure, we can tell after several weeks when males grow faster and get wattles and "warts" but looking for a way to tell sooner, lol.
Also, to someone who asked, yes, females can also sometimes to the "dance" with another. From what I can tell, it's a dominance thing. Many of our young turkeys, males and females do it.
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For your amusement, you can try @Celie method. I have used her method along with watching behaviors and been both 100% correct and 100% wrong. Be sure to read her second post as it clarifies her first post.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/turkeys-for-2013.725829/page-276#post-11833820

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/turkeys-for-2013.725829/page-276#post-11836985
 

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