Gobble, Gobble, Gobble

[jenjscott]

My little 6 wk old I thought it was a hen Royal Palm was gobbling today. I heard a gobble and thought it was the bbw that has been displaying. So I whistled and the RP answered me!

 

[farm_mom]

My Narragansetts started gobbling at about that age too. My 4 year old daughter crows like a roo at them and the whole flock (11) gobble back at her. So I think both sexes gobble. I have 6 that puff up and strut, so I'm hoping that means the remaining ones are hens. Sheesh! Why is it so hard to sex a turkey?!

 

[ticks]

I tought only the Jakes, Toms, and Gobblers gobbled.

 

[farm_mom]

Uh oh! Are you telling me I have a whole flock of toms!?! Kinda puts a damper on the breeding program!!

 

[Smitty's Farm]

Hi Jen!!!!!

I have 2 turkey eggs on Day 28 in my incubator right now.
Oh, I hope they hatch. We want to replace our sweet turkey that passed away.

Isn't it neat to hear them gobble!!!!!

 

[LinckHillPoultry]

Haha. Aren't turkeys funny?

I have a 5 or 6 week old royal palm crossed with a bourbon red that struts around in his brooder and makes the "spitting" sound when his wings touch the ground. Fingers crossed that it's a gobbler, because I only have 1 male outside and I'd like another,

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[jenjscott]

Today one of my bourbon reds started strutting and gobbling, I hope the other two are hens!

 

[chickenzoo]

Sometimes if you put a strange object in their pen for them to investigate the toms will start strutting and gobbling and hitting the object w/it's wings. It helps me tell sometimes because even my hens will strut but not use their wings to hit.

 

[dangerouschicken]

I love my turkeys! They think I'm their mommy!

Shhhhh! Don't tell them I eat my young

 

[farm_mom]

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I've got the same thing going on here!