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post #1 of 6
6/1/12 at 9:12pm
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At what age do poults lose their fuzz and get naked heads and necks?

How old are Toms when they start gobbling?

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post #2 of 6
6/1/12 at 9:44pm

Heads go bald around 6 weeks old.  I don't recalll when gobbling starts.   Pretty young though.  Certainly by three months you can get a flock gobblng pretty good.

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Chickens were fun...until I got turkeys!
Narragansetts, Golden Narragnasetts, Royal Palms, Calico, Standard Bronze, Red Bronze, (and a few BB Bronze..but don't tell anyone!)
Mixed flock of laying hens
Mixed-stock pigs

Two-many horses

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post #3 of 6
6/2/12 at 7:00am

My RB are 6 weeks old now and have lost most of there fuzz on there heads and snoods are getting longer and there waddle under there beaks are more pronounced and heads are turning red and the carbuncles are coming in the wort looking things near the base of the neck.

every once in awhile I will hear a turkey try to gobble its funny sounding its like a teen ager trying to get there voice LOL.
 

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post #4 of 6
6/2/12 at 12:23pm
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Sigh, I wish they would keep their fuzz.
 

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post #5 of 6
6/2/12 at 1:51pm

I have 4 BBB, 2 hens and 2 toms. They are 6 and a haf weeks old. They look like this:

 

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No Gobbles Yet. Lots of other cool sounds, but No Gobbling.

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post #6 of 6
6/4/12 at 7:28pm

Mine are looking the same...they are something to watch play in the yard.......but one of mine is having an issue with thier leg......have any of you had any issues with legs?

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