Boy?? Girl??

[libarena]

I don’t know if these two are old enough to tell but i’m curious to know what you guys think. boys? girls? and how old?

 

[Amer]

I don't know how old they are but look female to me if they are 4-6 weeks old like ours. We can tell that the males are much more heavily caruncled and have a large wattle, plus their face is more reddish. The females have very tiny wattles and the caruncles are smaller.

 

[TurkeyTimes]

The first picture is of a bronze and not a bourbon red. They both look like hens to me but they are a bit young and that could change lol. That "royal palm" isn't quite a true royal palm. They should only be black and white and that looks to have an extra creamy red color to it. It carries pencilling as well.

 

[libarena]

The first picture is of a bronze and not a bourbon red. They both look like hens to me but they are a bit young and that could change lol. That "royal palm" isn't quite a true royal palm. They should only be black and white and that looks to have an extra creamy red color to it. It carries pencilling as well.

Is that a good thing? Or bad? haha! I was told that the “bourbon red” could be a mix of a bronze/bourbon red but the woman wasn’t sure. And she thought that the royal palm could have the creamy red color and that it was considered rare. I didn’t really care about the colors and just wanted two turkeys. I would prefer one male and one hen but am fine with two hens, better that than two toms!

 

[TurkeyTimes]

Haha so long as you enjoy them. Just wanted to let you know color variety wise, they are not what you were told they are. Definitely not a bourbon red but a bronze, it could carry a red gene so then it would be a red bronze. Royal palms are STRICTLY black and white, ANY other hints of color is a breed standard disqualification. It's not rare, many many people pass these muttly gene birds as royal palms. If it is indeed carrying a red gene, it is a semi pencilled calico, genotype code b1b1cgcgnnRrPnpn.

 

[libarena]

Haha so long as you enjoy them. Just wanted to let you know color variety wise, they are not what you were told they are. Definitely not a bourbon red but a bronze, it could carry a red gene so then it would be a red bronze. Royal palms are STRICTLY black and white, ANY other hints of color is a breed standard disqualification. It's not rare, many many people pass these muttly gene birds as royal palms. If it is indeed carrying a red gene, it is a semi pencilled calico, genotype code b1b1cgcgnnRrPnpn.

That’s so interesting. No biggie for me. I’m not going to any competitions. They’re just gonna dink around in my yard for the rest of their lives ahaha. Impressive that you know all the different names for them. Maybe one day I will learn! ahaha

 

[ButtonquailGirl14]

hens

 

[R2elk]

I don’t know if these two are old enough to tell but i’m curious to know what you guys think. boys? girls? and how old?

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They are too young to determine the sex from photos.

@TurkeyTimes is correct about the varieties. I do believe the first picture is a Red Bronze.

 

[libarena]

So they both started displaying this morning and going at each other. So do I have two boys?!

 

[TurkeyTimes]

Very possible then. Updated pictures could help determine.