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Three turkeys
My boys are likely related, but my hen came from a different breeder/farm (she came from some hatching eggs I ordered, only one to hatch). I know that one is her because I hatched guineas at the same time and they ate her snood bump and damaged her beak slightly (then they went down the road... -
Three turkeys
Verdict is in after I brought home the new tom (2 year old). One hen, two Jakes. Two gobbled and fought with the new guy and after putting the two younger ones in a different pen, new guy and the little lady have been courting. Got new guy for nothing. Oh well! He’s handsome and so he will stay... -
Three turkeys
Thanks for the guesses! Toms tend to react to my husband (I don’t get it, but hey...he can make a tom gobble a mile away ), these guys...er girls? Don’t. At first I was disappointed in them being hens. But a riding buddy has a spare tom for me to buy, so it became less disappointing that they... -
Three turkeys
I have three Bourbon red turkeys, born in August. So they’re about 25 weeks old. My husband is convinced they’re hens. And now that I’m buying a tom, I’m concerned maybe they’re all jakes. Not a single one has gobbled, dispite my attempts (finding gobbles on YouTube and standing with them with...