A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

[Better Than Rubies]

Ask him to consider self identifying as a hen.

Ugh, he's a tom through and through. He's already got pretty strong manly desires at two-weeks old with my straight run chicks. He especially seems to have a thing for the bantam.

 

[duluthralphie]

Ugh, he's a tom through and through. He's already got pretty strong manly desires at two-weeks old with my straight run chicks. He especially seems to have a thing for the bantam.

He is two weeks old?


Can I ask why you think he is a he?

 

[Better Than Rubies]

He is two weeks old?


Can I ask why you think he is a he?

Yes.

Because he acts like one...he already struts around periodically. I looked up videos of it on YouTube, and yeah, young toms do do that. It's a little disturbing, in my opinion.

 

[R2elk]

Yes.

Because he acts like one...he already struts around periodically. I looked up videos of it on YouTube, and yeah, young toms do do that. It's a little disturbing, in my opinion.

@Auroradream26 had a poult that strutted at a very young age which turned out to be a hen.

The behavior you are describing is dominance behavior and to be expected from a male or a female poult that is raised by itself with chicks.

If it turns out to be a tom, it will eventually start killing your chickens once it reaches sexual maturity and tries to breed the chickens.

 

[Better Than Rubies]

@Auroradream26 had a poult that strutted at a very young age which turned out to be a hen.

The behavior you are describing is dominance behavior and to be expected from a male or a female poult that is raised by itself with chicks.

If it turns out to be a tom, it will eventually start killing your chickens once it reaches sexual maturity and tries to breed the chickens.

Oh, huh...I didn't know that. I really thought it was just a male thing... I couldn't/can't really picture him growing up to be a hen now, acting the way he has.

 

[duluthralphie]

Oh, huh...I didn't know that. I really thought it was just a male thing... I couldn't/can't really picture him growing up to be a hen now, acting the way he has.

As @R2elk says.. at 2 weeks it means nothing.. some take 6 months or more to tell.

 

[Sara L]

Oh, huh...I didn't know that. I really thought it was just a male thing... I couldn't/can't really picture him growing up to be a hen now, acting the way he has.

My hen Redd strutted at less than a month and still turned out to be a hen. The two Tom's I ended up with never strutted when they were young, Redd was the only one who did.

 

[memphis]

Ralphie....Annie would LOVE your pink toenails! Especially if you wore a toe ring!!

Better than Rubies - Hens can also grow a beard which further confuses things. My girls will still display if upset/mad about something.

 

[memphis]

It's been in the 50's & sunny! I think that's my girls optimal operating temperature! Daisy's been bouncing around the yard....doing her pigeon imitation. Annie's been in a dust bath most of the day sharing her crater with the two SS. Oh...the life of a loafing turkey! I've been working in the yard under their direct supervision. Friend of mine just hatch some poults here in Memphis. So tempting! But I just don't want to upset the balance of the convent.

 

[ketojenn]

It's no longer freezing here, so.... practically summer right? By freezing I mean above zero. We are supposed to get above actual freezing this week.

@betterthanrubies My bourbon hen strutted at two weeks, my boy... nothing. Lol