Broad Breasted White

[lreichert1957]

Hi! I recently acquired a Broad Breasted White hen. Henrietta. She is so so sweet. Any way of guessing her age? I've also heard they are not long lived.

 

[Isadora]

Hi! I recently acquired a Broad Breasted White hen. Henrietta. She is so so sweet. Any way of guessing her age? I've also heard they are not long lived.

Do you have a photo of her? That would be helpful to at least see if she's an adult. That would be helpful to at least see if she's an adult.

 

[Devils Flower]

Do you have a photo of her? That would be helpful to at least see if she's an adult. That would be helpful to at least see if she's an adult.

Yep a photo or 2 or 3 would help extremely in this situation..

 

[lreichert1957]

Do you have a photo of her? That would be helpful to at least see if she's an adult. That would be helpful to at least see if she's an adult.

 

[lreichert1957]

Also she has lost a the feathers on her breast.

 

[muddy75]

she looks fairly large.....i would guess around 5-6 months for her age and a live weight of around 25-30#
is she having trouble walking??
if you are planning to keep her, i would definitely recommend strict diet and exercise but at this point, she’s already high risk to break a leg

 

[R2elk]

Other than being able to say she is a mature BBW, there really is no way to assign an age to her.

The rubbed off breast feathers is normal in a turkey that size that spends a lot of time laying on the ground.