Poults of 2023

[casportpony]

Here are Blue, Green, and Yellow or Orange on 10/29/2023

 

[Kiki]

Here are Blue, Green, and Yellow or Orange on 10/29/2023View attachment 3735312

Are they boys?

 

[Kiki]

Orange & Yellow gobbled yesterday!

Did I win!?!?

 

[Kiki]

Update - Four months old
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Turkey	Weight	Sex
Blue	4 kg (~8.8 pounds)	Female
Yellow	5 kg (~11 pounds)	Male
Orange	5.7 kg (~12.6 pounds)	Male
Green	4 kg (~8.8 pounds)	Female

I kind of won!

 

[casportpony]

 

[kfelton0002]

Are they boys?

The one on the right is a hen. Two on the left are toms.

 

[kfelton0002]

Today's progress report:
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Base on their size and the size of their wattles, I think Orange & Yellow are male and Blue & Green are female.

I was right! Woohoo!

 

[kfelton0002]

Update - Four months old
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Turkey	Weight	Sex
Blue	4 kg (~8.8 pounds)	Female
Yellow	5 kg (~11 pounds)	Male
Orange	5.7 kg (~12.6 pounds)	Male
Green	4 kg (~8.8 pounds)	Female

The weight predictions as poults were >90% accurate for me also. I had 1 that was ambiguous in the beginning based on weight but caught up in size at a couple months old.

 

[R2elk]

Do not allow multiple toms to be in with the hens. You are asking for a hen to get hurt.

 

[kfelton0002]

Do not allow multiple toms to be in with the hens. You are asking for a hen to get hurt.

I ordered a turkey saddle on ebay so I can replicate it and make my own pattern from it. I only keep one tom in each area with hens but one of them got ripped up a little the other day. She is fine, but I'm going to make up some turkey saddles for some that lose feathers on their backs just in case.