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post #31 of 36
4/15/12 at 5:17pm
it's a Hen....A very nice looking Hen too...

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post #32 of 36
7/7/12 at 10:30am

So whatever became of your 3 turkeys. What sex did they turn out to be?

I am a Wife and a Mother. We have 2 dogs, and our always growing flock of chickens(Barred Rocks, White Rocks, Silver Laced Wyandottes, Easter Eggers, Olive Eggers, Marans, Japanese Bantams, Silkies, Silver Laced Cochin, Silkie/EE crosses, and a Cream Legbar Roo). We also have Bourbon Red Turkeys!  And now Ducks!!! Soon to be arriving Nigerian Dwarf doelings.

 

 

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I am a Wife and a Mother. We have 2 dogs, and our always growing flock of chickens(Barred Rocks, White Rocks, Silver Laced Wyandottes, Easter Eggers, Olive Eggers, Marans, Japanese Bantams, Silkies, Silver Laced Cochin, Silkie/EE crosses, and a Cream Legbar Roo). We also have Bourbon Red Turkeys!  And now Ducks!!! Soon to be arriving Nigerian Dwarf doelings.

 

 

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post #33 of 36
7/7/12 at 2:25pm

I read this post a while ago! Interesting to see it back at the top! I agree about it likely being a hen. Even though it's snood, dewlap and caruncles are similar to the younger tom... she's 6 months old (or more now actually) and should have much bigger, fuller caruncles (I have a 3 month old jake right now and his caruncles and snood are way bigger)... also her legs are slender and her overall shape looks to be a female... just older than the other two. And yes - hens can strut, puff up, get red, etc. Is she often red like that?? Usually hens are NOT red in the face the majority of the time.. only when excited/mad or being defensive. Although - I do have a little jenny that is red a lot... she's the lowest on the totem pole though and in a constant defensive state of mind. 

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post #34 of 36
7/24/12 at 8:16am
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I thought it wouldn't hurt to update this old post for future reference

 

And the answer issssss....

 

A BOY! 

 

He is Tom Turkey after all! After a good few months of some serious strutting and a long snood that was quite 'manly' a beard has popped out from the centre of his chest! I don't think there is much doubt left that he is a HE!

 

As for the other 2 turkeys I had, one died shortly after I purchased it. It never looked great.... annoying thing is, I'd say it was a girl! The other one has developed into a nice young male (he looks to be a white turkey X with a sweetgrass or something similar!). So that now means I have 2 male turkeys! I have organised a nice girlfriend for Tom, but I need a new turkey pen before I bring her home smile.png

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"There is a place. Like no place on Earth. A land full of wonder, mystery, and danger! Some say to survive it: You need to be as mad as a hatter....Which luckily I am"

- Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland)

 

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post #35 of 36
7/25/12 at 6:26am

 The long snood is a good indicator, the beard not so much. My wild eastern hen has a beard and a nice set of spurs. All of her daughters grow beards also. Remember, all turkeys strut but only toms gobble. If it gobbles, it's a tom.

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post #36 of 36
8/4/12 at 1:14am
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Oh he gobbles that is for sure! If I yell out 'Turkey Turkey Turkey' from the back door step... I always get a good "Gobble Gobble' response from the back of the property! 

"There is a place. Like no place on Earth. A land full of wonder, mystery, and danger! Some say to survive it: You need to be as mad as a hatter....Which luckily I am"

- Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland)

 

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"There is a place. Like no place on Earth. A land full of wonder, mystery, and danger! Some say to survive it: You need to be as mad as a hatter....Which luckily I am"

- Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland)

 

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