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Sylverfly

Sylverfly

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Apr 29, 2009
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How do you tell if your turkey is a tom or a hen. My pet turkey is about 5 months old. Here is a head shot I will try to get a body shot later if needed. Also is there a way to tell what kind of turkey it is everyone always asks me and I have no idea, wild, bronze, broad breasted no clue here.

 
No not a house turkey but if I go into the house it tries to fly in through the windows and screams until I come back out, so I guess it wants to be a house turkey but that is not going to happen anytime soon. It is just a very friendly turkey. Heres a body and foot shot, forgive me for the dirty coop the turkey is rarely in there and as soon as the ground unfreezes the coop will be cleaned well.
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Looks like a tom, it also looks like it could be a broad breasyed bronze cross. Looking at the feet it looks like it has wild in him so who knows, when you cross a wild you usely get really different colors so this guy might just be a wild...I guess I broke my promise lol!
 
bronze/Narraganset's HEN!!!!!!! SHE NEEDS A BONNET
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IS THIS THE ONLY TURKEY YOU HAVE?? IF SO THEN HE IS A SHE. I KNOW BECAUSE "No not a house turkey but if I go into the house it tries to fly in through the windows and screams until I come back out, so I guess it wants to be a house turkey but that is not going to happen anytime soon. It is just a very friendly turkey." THE HEN SEE YOU AS HER TOM AND WILL FOLLOW YOU ANY WHERE YOU GO!!!!!!!!!!!
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only hens are this friendly, I know because I have toms and hens. some of my hens will have nothing to do with the toms which breaks the toms hearts
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they will have only me AND WILL ONLY FOLLOW ME ANYWHERE
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WHY, I DO NOT KNOW BUT IT SHUR IS FUNNY TO SEE THEM do so. if I am somewhere outside and they need to be closer, I do a turkey call and man do they COME RUNNING TO CATCH UP TO ME!!!!!!!!!!!
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Sylverfly, your bird is 100% male. Anyone who tells you it is a hen is either pulling your leg or doesn't know how to sex a turkey.
At this age, all the plumage characteristics of a tom are evident. The dark barring on the breast, wing coverts and sides,and the pronounced snood and carruncles..... all tom. Get him a girl friend or two and you'll be in the turkey business in no time. And yes, he will be fertile his first spring.
 

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