Gender help?

[mandelyn]

Ok, so only toms gobble, what age can they produce that noise?

Toms don't grow feathers on their neck. How accurate is that?

Royal Palm toms get black on the chest while hens remain white on the chest. I only have one of that breed, so doesn't help with the black Spanish or Narragansett.

My 3 are about 7 weeks old, give or take. No posturing from any of them, but the Narragansett is growing like crazy. It's also friendlier and braver. The other two are smaller, and growing feathers on the backs of their necks, while the giant Narragansett still has a fuzzy neck.

The size difference is very obvious. But is the Narragansett a larger breed than the Royal Palm and Black Spanish?

My gut makes me say I have 2 girls and a boy. But these are my first turkeys. The Royal Palm has a tiny snood, and Black Spanish looks like a penguin with no snood, and the Narragansett has quite the obvious snood. (the snood is the little thing that pops up just above the nose and behind the beak, right?)

The Narragansett is already named Gobbles, so we'll see what happens. The RP is Giblet and the Spanish is Penguin because of how it looked as a black and white baby. Not sure where Giblet comes from, just popped in my mind after Gobbles.

 

[TV]

Actually the Narragansett and the RP are very similar in color pattern. The toms will have black edges on the breast feathers and the hens wont. Even in the black turkeys in bright light you may notice some difference in the edges of the breast feathers, light and dark. Snood development and gobbling occurs at different ages but you might hear week attempts at gobbling by about 8wks and if it gobbles, it's a tom. As they grow, toms will become bald and hens usually retain some fuzz on the head. Size wise, the black and the narri. will probably both be larger than the RP.
Good luck!

 

[mandelyn]

I wonder if they'll stand still long enough for a group photo. The size difference can't be missed. LOL

 

[myfinefeatheredfriends]

Royal Palms are actually one of the smallest turkey breeds. Toms usually don't weigh more than 20 pounds, which isn't that big compared to Narragansetts and Spanish. I raise a few Royal Palms myself. I absolutely love my turkeys! Congrats on your new ones!