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maxsgoldens

maxsgoldens

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Jan 29, 2015
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I know I have one tom but not sure of the other. They are six or seven month old now
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Not the guinea fowl. Sometimes this bird does a half strut
 
Toms tend to have a deeper red face and the carbuncles that are starting to develop on the lower neck. It's been known that young tom turkey poults strut around making it unusual for a female to do it. When he develops more you can feel a beard on his breast area another thing a hen would be unusual for having. Since it's a heritage turkey it will also take longer to tell for sure.
 
He already has a little beard. Its funny tho because the other has a huge beard, more caruncles and already does full struts and is quite a bit bigger than this one. I read somewhere that hens tend to be flightier than males and this larger one is not nearly as flighty as this one.
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Big Bird is the one on the right( I am 99% sure he is a tom)
 
I'm only guessing the other ones the tom and it's still possible it's a hen. I would wait and see if you get any turkey eggs from them, then you'll know.
 
All my toms got along but they each had a female, when one of my toms died it was the females who were at each others throat not the toms but I have seen toms duke it out occasionally. But I'm not sure if it was because of a female thing or a boy thing.
 

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