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Hi everybody! It’s been a long time since I’ve been on this thread, but I have a question for the experts. A woman I sold two poults go least year asked me about the Tom. She said his chest is bald, and I asked her to send me pictures. I first asked her if she noticed hiM preening excessively, to which she said no.

So this is clearly plucking or over preening, but what is the cause with turkeys? I have parrots and I know they preen when stressed or upset. This turkey has a female friend and is pampered. I know they take good care of him, and even allow them into the laundry room for supervised visits.

Do you think he needs more females perhaps? I’m open to any advice or answers. Thanks!


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AnneInTheBurbs said:
Hi everybody! It’s been a long time since I’ve been on this thread, but I have a question for the experts. A woman I sold two poults go least year asked me about the Tom. She said his chest is bald, and I asked her to send me pictures. I first asked her if she noticed hiM preening excessively, to which she said no.

So this is clearly plucking or over preening, but what is the cause with turkeys? I have parrots and I know they preen when stressed or upset. This turkey has a female friend and is pampered. I know they take good care of him, and even allow them into the laundry room for supervised visits.

Do you think he needs more females perhaps? I’m open to any advice or answers. Thanks!


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It is pretty common among toms especially if they have a fence to rub against. @duluthralphie recently posted a pic of his bare beer bellied Blue Slate tom.

It is always better for the health of the hens to have multiple hens for one tom. I try to keep a minimum of 4 to 5 hens for a tom.
 
R2elk said:
It is pretty common among toms especially if they have a fence to rub against. @duluthralphie recently posted a pic of his bare beer bellied Blue Slate tom.

It is always better for the health of the hens to have multiple hens for one tom. I try to keep a minimum of 4 to 5 hens for a tom.
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I think they lose most of their feathers on fences I think..

It is like they look for a fence. So they can stare through it and fight..

Of course, some of the objects of their lust are not cute feathered females. Many of these objects can grab and pull out feathers too.. Toms are so stupid I think they would mount a porcupine if it held still.
 
AnneInTheBurbs said:
Hi everybody! It’s been a long time since I’ve been on this thread, but I have a question for the experts. A woman I sold two poults go least year asked me about the Tom. She said his chest is bald, and I asked her to send me pictures. I first asked her if she noticed hiM preening excessively, to which she said no.

So this is clearly plucking or over preening, but what is the cause with turkeys? I have parrots and I know they preen when stressed or upset. This turkey has a female friend and is pampered. I know they take good care of him, and even allow them into the laundry room for supervised visits.

Do you think he needs more females perhaps? I’m open to any advice or answers. Thanks!


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Yep I had fence runners that look like this. Especially if it's chicken wire
 

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