Broken turkey tail feathers

[BCOOP813]

Hi, I have two 6 month old Toms and both of their tail fans have some broken tips in the middle. can they regrow full fans? is there anything i can do to help them? I'm new to turkeys and would like them to have full beautiful fans if they can but i haven't been able to find anything online to help me out. any knowledge is appreciated!

thank you blessings.

 

[R2elk]

Hi, I have two 6 month old Toms and both of their tail fans have some broken tips in the middle. can they regrow full fans? is there anything i can do to help them? I'm new to turkeys and would like them to have full beautiful fans if they can but i haven't been able to find anything online to help me out. any knowledge is appreciated!

thank you blessings.

As long as you keep multiple toms together, they will always have broken tail feathers. The broken feathers will only be replaced when the bird molts or if the feathers get pulled out.

 

[Molpet]

Feathers get broken in fighting and too small of a run.
When they molt the new feathers will be fine until they break them again.

 

[BCOOP813]

Feathers get broken in fighting and too small of a run.
When they molt the new feathers will be fine until they break them again.

thank you for the info i bought them with these broken tails just want to fix it if possible which it seems it is.

 

[R2elk]

Yeah, we've had to cut a lot of the wire away because they were getting scratches on their faces and necks. It's just a little tricky because we have a lot of predators that'll chew holes in wood. So chicken wire has its perks, but then the negatives as well. What we have them in is a coop wrapped in chicken wire, and then the coop is surrounded by a chain link dog kennel. They spend most of their time in the yard with me though, away from it. But still, that 5 min time it takes when they all come out in the morning causes them so much troubles!

Hardware cloth is much sturdier than poultry wire and is much easier on turkeys. Chicken wire itself is not predator proof.

 

[Huntmaster]

Hi, I have two 6 month old Toms and both of their tail fans have some broken tips in the middle. can they regrow full fans? is there anything i can do to help them? I'm new to turkeys and would like them to have full beautiful fans if they can but i haven't been able to find anything online to help me out. any knowledge is appreciated!

thank you blessings.

If they loose feathers they will grow back. If the tips are just messed up a little they may not grow those back until next molt.

 

[BCOOP813]

If they loose feathers they will grow back. If the tips are just messed up a little they may not grow those back until next molt.

Thank you for the knowledge. just the tips of the 3-4 middle tail fan feathers are broke and just look scruffy. those should be fine after they molt correct?

 

[Huntmaster]

Thank you for the knowledge. just the tips of the 3-4 middle tail fan feathers are broke and just look scruffy. those should be fine after they molt correct?

Correct as OP stated.

 

[Huntmaster]

If you never had turkeys before I'm sure you will enjoy them. I think heritage turkeys are one of the best birds to raise I enjoy breeding mine and have several varieties. Good luck with them.

 

[Huntmaster]

Standard Bronze.

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