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I think they start coming in closer to a year of age, and I'm not sure if males and females will go at it, I've always had multiple of each sex and they will occasionally fight amongst themselves but I've not seen a hen and a Tom go at it, though I'm sure they might if it's only the two of them.

The beard on a turkey is the black funky feather growing out of the center of the chest, both sexes can have them, but mostly toms do.

I I too have had fence walking hens rub off their snood, I think a Tom gets the extra snood skin from somewhere and would still have one just shorter, my hens will puff up and tail flair for dogs as well, if you are not seeing a full display with chest rumbling and gobbling than it's safe to...

I'm still thinking it's a hen, a single Tom will usually display young, the neighbors turkeys would check out any turkeys, two toms can get along, especially if there isn't any hens, I have multiple toms who mostly fight during spring, but two I don't think would fight as much. So I think it...

It does look like a hen, but it can be hard to know for sure until after six months, I will sit and make various noises to try to bring out the toms, my fake gobbles and chicking noises will usually make any toms change head color and begin relaxing the snood and hen begin displaying. I always...

The best indicator is the size of the snood, only toms can let them down past the beak, and of course gobbling only toms do, and filling the chest with air, hens may display but they don't do the rumbling and gobbling.

If it's seven months old it should be displaying like a Tom by now, Turkey hens can be more aggressive than toms, I think yours is a hen unless it's been gobbling and strutting.