Bourbon red 10 weeks: TOM!

[wyochickenlady]

I have had my suspicions this one is a Tom. I have seen him fluff up a bit but today he sprawled all his feathers and started strutting. This means my husband will be expecting thanksgiving dinner though

 

[TattooedMama]

I love seeing all the pictures of everyone's poults strutting!! Sorry you have to cook him though

 

[slingshotandLAR]

That's cool...

I have 9 bourbon reds that are 5 weeks old and one was gobbling today and his head was changing colors it was pretty funny

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

 

[TattooedMama]

That's cool...

I have 9 bourbon reds that are 5 weeks old and one was gobbling today and his head was changing colors it was pretty funny

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I like that theres so much green in their pen. We have so much dirt here, our "green weeds" are tumbleweeds

 

[nmacdougall]

Can anyone tell the sex of this 9 week old Bourbon Reds? I noticed the wing feathers are coming in different in each one. Does that mean anything? Im new to turkeys.

 

[wyochickenlady]

Mine really took a turn around 9-10 weeks, where it became a little clearer. I did have 2 that were obviously developing very differently. My males face was much darker and the crauncales (sp?) much more pronounced. I say hen for now. And as you can see from the picture above I posted, he struts big time and that is at 10 weeks. I also had someone tell me that if the top of the head is triangular it is a hen, if its square its a jake. I made guesses with both my bourbons and Spanish black early on, and so far, it appears my guesses were spot on!

 

[nmacdougall]

Thank you. I have so much fun with these little guys/girls I will be patient a little longer.