A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

[R2elk]

Could someone help me identify the gender on my baby Turkey, it would be appreciated.View attachment 1135367

It would be helpful to know her age but she appears to be a hen.

 

[casportpony]

It would be helpful to know her age but she appears to be a hen.

I was also gonna say hen, and that's because someone (maybe you?), said something about the strip of feathers on the head and neck = hen.

 

[rjohns39]

It would be helpful to know her age but she appears to be a hen.

R2, are looking at the "hair" on her head? btw, 14 weeks. I'm desperately trying to learn how to figure this one out...

 

[Molpet]

Heard from @JRNash last night.

His family is safe and living with relatives and friends.

His house was destroyed, first by flood waters and then the mold.

He lost all his birds. It was getting dark and the water came up so fast, the birds stayed where they were and drowned.

He and his son were working on a pickup truck when it started to rain. They had to take a part to the garage, got something to eat, and by then the water was four feet deep in his driveway. The water then came up about 3 inches each hour.

(I am not sure if his family was there at the time, or was able to get out the next day or so.)

Jr stayed on the property in the muck and water to protect belongings of his and the neighbors.

Both pickups were underwater.

After the water went down a week later, he was able to get both semi-running. His son went to town and was promptly ran over by "a little ole lady", totalling the truck and leaving his son with a neck injury. He said "it was a miracle there were no fatalities."

He will have to build a house. Had been thinking about it, but now says he has "NO CHOICE" - his words.

Currently, JR is staying with his in-laws and going to work in his "limping" truck, with a board on the seat to keep his butt dry.

He said to tell everyone "thank you for the prayers" as he sincerely believes that is the only thing that got them through. He said he was an emotional wreck before he could get to his family and is devastated by everything that happened, but is trudging along.

He lost his phone due to water damage and after trying several times to get it to reboot, he promptly forgot all his passwords. When he got a new phone, he couldn't figure out how to reload his Gmail and that is the biggest reason he wasn't able to contact anyone right away.

I emailed him back last night with "a thousand questions", but told him to answer only when he had time and could do so.

I'm happy everyone is safe and sound, but heartbroken over his loss. Some of the turkeys were getting to be great pets and he had planned on keeping those few.

Will update as I can.

Thank you for the update.. keeping him and his in my prayers. He had some real nice birds.. I know he had said the DW wanted a new house, heck of a way to get one...

I am never ever moving to hurricane areas, or earthquakes and trying to figure out where there are no tornados that is not humid or a desert LOL

 

[R2elk]

14 weeks

At 14 weeks she certainly looks like a hen to me. For a 3 1/2 month old turkey, she has small caruncles and a small snood plus there is the tell tale "mohawk". A tom at that age should have much larger caruncles and the snood would be much larger especially if he was aroused. About that age is the time that the snood on a tom starts contracting into a triangle while a hen's snood will retain the horizontal J shape. A tom at that age may still have feathers running up the back of its neck but barring some hairs the top of his head would be bald.

 

[Crazy Mama]

I knew nothing about Turkeys till my husband had to have this one that's why I was asking because I'm clueless. Here is a full picture and it's actually 13-14 weeks

 

[R2elk]

Lots of color and little Caruncles all over. His snood looks a little too big for a hen...

FYI, toms have bigger caruncles at that age. All turkeys have caruncles and she is pale compared to how red and/or blue a tom can get.

 

[R2elk]

I knew nothing about Turkeys till my husband had to have this one that's why I was asking because I'm clueless. Here is a full picture and it's actually 13-14 weeks

My guess is still a hen but she looks like a broad breasted hen to me because of how short and heavy her legs are. If I recall correctly broad breasted toms at that age would be significantly bigger than she is.

 

[memphis]

I agree...I think she's a BB hen.

 

[rjohns39]

At least Holm had the courage to jump out there I cowered in the corner waiting for the all mighty R2