A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

[countrygirl1178]

Thanks for asking fiestychick actually im more confident that I have at least one tom I have been watching the one and I made it let me touch it and I found a beard just starting to grow and I have been seeing the poop in a j shape so I still hope.

 

[memphis]

Hi there Chickadoodles! You need to drop by more often.

Countrygirl....how old are your turkeys? You know hens can have beards too. I have a bearded lady & so do several other folks here. Remember the toms have bald heads and the hens have a strip of feathers on their heads down the back of their necks.

 

[countrygirl1178]

My turkeys are 12 weeks and one is 9 weeks and I do remember that hens can have beards too that why I haven't named any of them yet this is the one I'm watching it was 8 weeks old

 

[GabrielBane]

Well, my week-olds (ish) are starting to attempt wing usage. Time to reinforce the walls of the brooder. I don't remember ever, in my 15+ years of having poultry, ever enjoying the "baby phase" of a birds life as much as the poults. Sweet, Personable, Friendly, Active, Independent, etc. I'm glad these four aren't freezer birds because I'm not sure if I could ever process them.


I'll do better about distancing myself from their babies.

 

[memphis]

Gabriel....where are our pictures??

 

[GabrielBane]

Hah, today when the little ones get free-range of our spare bedroom (where our brooders are currently set-up), I'll snag more pics, you guys are going to love the Narragansett x's , they're feathering/growing SO much faster than our lighter colored tom (?), makes me wonder if they were hatched on different dates, or if they simply have different parents.

But yes, pics are coming, I promise!

 

[countrygirl1178]

Hi Memphis here is a close up of one that im watching

 

[countrygirl1178]

Memphis here is a more close up one

 

[R2elk]

Hi Memphis here is a close up of one that I'm watching

Looks like a hen to me. By the time my toms were 2 months old, they were completely bald on top and had much bigger snoods.

 

[memphis]

X2....I agree with R2elk...hen. She's cute!