Hens or Toms??? Tell me what you think?

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Tiffany24

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Hi, I have 3 Turkey Poults they are 7 weeks old now. I noticed 2 of the poults snoods have dropped while 1 is still sticking up and smaller. In the last picture you may notice the one in the back left has a shorter snood the sticks up. What do you think Hens or Toms? Thanks bunches!





 
Only way i know to tell which are toms is if they puff up,drop their wings and raise their tails in the classic turkey posture.
 
turksinmaine said:
I thought I read the hens may also do that periodically?
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Hens will do this while young; this is not a reliable indicator of sex. It is hard to see in the photos but my best educated guess is that you have two males and one female. The dark one I believe is a male for sure, notice the loose segment of skin under the throat, I see this in males early on. Also, the color changing to red I see in males before females.
 
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Hi! About how old until you see gender signs? Any idea on what kind this is?
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It is only a couple of days old here, I will try to get some more current pics, but it doesn't hold still good at all!
Thanks!
 
Thanks, I picked up 5 more Poults Sunday and have eggs pipping in the incubator. Very excited to see what they turn out to be.
 
I haven't seen any of my poults strutting yet. I would like to see mine strut and show off those feathers.
 

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