Bearded Jennys?

[turkey guru]

unless they are donkeys they can't be jennys, hens dude! how far back in the woods do you guys live!!!!!!!!!! tom!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Frosty]

Sorry, turkey 'guru', a young female turkey is a jenny. Look it up before you start making fun of people.

 

[sandspoultry]

Not quite as far back some people I would think. From Websters dictionary

Main Entry: jen·ny
Pronunciation: \\ˈje-nē\\
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural jennies
Etymology: from the name Jenny
Date: 1600
1 a : a female bird <a jenny wren> b : a female donkey


The term jenny is usually used to decribe a young female - an older female would be a hen
A young male would be a jake an older one a tom

Sharon

 

[sandspoultry]

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Well said Frosty

Sharon

 

[blueoval1]

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There was no reason to word your post like that. If I am wrong please correct me but do it nicely or privately.

Thanks sandspoultry and Frosty. I agree

 

[turkaholic]

Hens can grow beards and even spurs. Right now I have one bearded Narr. hen and two eastern wild hens with spurs on each leg. The older hen is going on 4 years and her spurs are about 1/2 in long. The envy of all the Jakes!

Don't worry about the hen beards, most of the time they wear down or are picked off anyhow. Also, it doesn't mean the're infertile either. My bearded Narr. hen has been a great layer and setter of her own eggs and has shown no fertility problems. Same with the spurred hens.

On a side note, a wild eastern gobbler's beard grows an average of 3-4 inches a year. My Jakes have 2-4 inch beards, the two year olds are between 6 and 8 and my oldest 4 year gobbler has a 10 inch. They rarely get over 12 since the end is usually worn off from dragging on the ground while feeding.

 

[blueoval1]

These are Royal Palms and one has a large beard almost the size of my Tom but the others are smaller. I will try and get pics.

Thanks all for your help!

 

[KOTurkeyRanch]

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How far back in the woods do you live? Like a said on my other post, a jenny is to a hen as jake is to a tom.

 

[KOTurkeyRanch]

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I was watching the discovery channel and it said:
the longest beard ever recorded that was killed by a hunter was 22 inches
the heaviest bird was 86 pounds

Not saying your wrong but i thought id say that =]

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

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I have to agree with that, domestics are way slower growers than wilds. I mainly work with only wilds, 3 subspecies, and at 6 months they already have beards visable threw the feathers, by 3 years they are dragging the ground.