hen or tom

I HAVE NEVER HERD OF A TOM BEING THIS FRIENDLY AND THE LONG PEACE ON THE HEAD DOES NOT LOOK LIKE IT CAN STRETCH VERY FAR, THAT IS WHY I SAID IT IS A HEN, NOT A TOM. THIS IS HOW I CAME TO THIS CONCLUSION.
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I was going to say hen at first because it looks like it has feathering up the back of the neck. Then I went back to read the first post. This turkey is only 5 months old, that makes a difference. And being a 5 month old only child that likely sees people as it's flock will make it friendlier. It does have a rather masculine shape to the head and no white tips on the breast feathers (not sure if all varieties of bronze have those so ??) Time will tell for sure but I am leaning towards tom.
 
I HAVE NEVER HERD OF A TOM BEING THIS FRIENDLY AND THE LONG PEACE ON THE HEAD DOES NOT LOOK LIKE IT CAN STRETCH VERY FAR, THAT IS WHY I SAID IT IS A HEN, NOT A TOM. THIS IS HOW I CAME TO THIS CONCLUSION.
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IOver the many years I've raised turkeys, I had both friendly Toms and hens. Some mean ones too. Personality does not determine sex of the bird, not that I've ever noticed in my experience. Young toms, called Jakes, usually don't have as pronounced a snood (the long piece) as an older bird, thus you need to look at the plumage. Hens light tipped, toms dark, very noticable in the bronze lines) Also, at 5 months, hens and jakes have a fairly large size difference between each other. It's a little more difficult if you don't have other birds to compare. Sorry if I implied that you don't know how to sex turkeys, but I had never heard of anyone determining a birds sex by how friendly it was. Thus I thought you might be joking !
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that's ok, I am still learning how to sex turkeys. i just thought that the snood (the long piece) was too short for a tom.
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maybe you can give me a few lessons on this.
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