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That was fun!! Looked complicated. Loved the Adamms Family part! I wouldn't have known they messed up if you didn't say so.....

Waiting for rain. We need some. Thundered all afternoon yesterday and we might have gotten two drops. Had to water this morning. Daisy stuck her feet in the hose but the poults were horrified! They have so much to learn!!
 
Flashpoint said:
Just for the record, at about what age do toms/jakes begin to gobble?
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Each one is different. They are individuals and their surroundings play an important part in when. I have clearly defined jakes that have not made a sound yet. One of the reasons is that here, there is a dominant tom and they are not going to incur his wrath. The oldest one was hatched May 5 and is a week shy of 4 months and has not made an attempt at a gobble yet. Others have had gobbles as young as 2 months old.
 
R2elk said:
Each one is different. They are individuals and their surroundings play an important part in when. I have clearly defined jakes that have not made a sound yet. One of the reasons is that here, there is a dominant tom and they are not going to incur his wrath. The oldest one was hatched May 5 and is a week shy of 4 months and has not made an attempt at a gobble yet. Others have had gobbles as young as 2 months old.
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Ok, was just wondering. I have two that have been displaying hourly if not more for the past two weeks. The other two have not. The two that are displaying with tail feathers up and have significantly larger snoods hanging down towards their beaks, I have figured to perhaps be toms.

A couple of hours ago, I had a new refrigerator installed. While the guy was running a drill, I heard a gobble - very loud very clear. During a space of approximately 5 minutes, the same one - who was also displaying - gobbled two more times.

These turkeys hatched starting May 21st around midnight (pipping) and finished by noon. Today is August 26, making them 5 weeks old.

What do you think?
 
Flashpoint said:
Ok, was just wondering. I have two that have been displaying hourly if not more for the past two weeks. The other two have not. The two that are displaying with tail feathers up and have significantly larger snoods hanging down towards their beaks, I have figured to perhaps be toms.

A couple of hours ago, I had a new refrigerator installed. While the guy was running a drill, I heard a gobble - very loud very clear. During a space of approximately 5 minutes, the same one - who was also displaying - gobbled two more times.

These turkeys hatched starting May 21st around midnight (pipping) and finished by noon. Today is August 26, making them 5 weeks old.

What do you think?
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I think you meant July 21st.

Loud noises and unfamiliar noise can set off gobblers. Hunters use owl hoots to get toms to gobble while still on their roosts in order to locate them.

My nearly 4 month old tom has not displayed yet. This can be attributed to not wanting to upset the dominant tom here.
 
R2elk said:
I think you meant July 21st.

Loud noises and unfamiliar noise can set off gobblers. Hunters use owl hoots to get toms to gobble while still on their roosts in order to locate them.

My nearly 4 month old tom has not displayed yet. This can be attributed to not wanting to upset the dominant tom here.
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Yeah! What you said! lol July 21st to today is just a tad over 5 weeks. ...So it's possible that even at this age, A gobble is a gobble and only toms can do that? Right?
:lau

My thinking is that since these are midget whites and they DID hatch two days earlier than the heritage turkeys do, that maybe they develop a little faster. Nothing else about them has been the same, so why should gobbling sooner? lol
 
Flashpoint said:
Yeah! What you said! lol July 21st to today is just a tad over 5 weeks. ...So it's possible that even at this age, A gobble is a gobble and only toms can do that? Right?
:lau

My thinking is that since these are midget whites and they DID hatch two days earlier than the heritage turkeys do, that maybe they develop a little faster. Nothing else about them has been the same, so why should gobbling sooner? lol
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The lack of a dominant tom around them will allow them to show dominant male traits earlier than those around a dominant tom. My young ones will often look at me as a dominant tom and then put on a big show when someone else visits.

Some people have made the claim that hens can gobble. I have never heard a hen gobble.
 
R2elk said:
The lack of a dominant tom around them will allow them to show dominant male traits earlier than those around a dominant tom. My young ones will often look at me as a dominant tom and then put on a big show when someone else visits.

Some people have made the claim that hens can gobble. I have never heard a hen gobble.
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Well, I have never seen a hen gobble - not to say it couldn't happen. Stranger things happen all the time.

These turkeys are in a brooder box on my dining room table. There are no dominant toms in here. That said, I think - although possibly wrong and time will tell, that I currently have two toms and two hens.

I can't believe I could be that lucky after all the catastrophes this past two months! :D
 

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