How to sex turkeys

[possumhunter]

Okay, since my original thread ended up a comletely different direction than what it started, I decided to just start a new one. I am getting 2 one year old turkeys from a friend that doesn't want them anymore, but doesn't know anything about them. I've established the breeds as Royal Palm and Bourbon Red. Now my question is how do I sex them? I had various opinions on my other thread. I would like to breed them, but need know if they need a boyfriend or girlfriend, lol!

Thanks!

 

[turkey guru]

you look at them , at a year old you can tell,if they are the same birds posted at the other site they are both hens!!!

 

[KOTurkeyRanch]

Males will have longer snoods that they can retract and let down. Only males gobble. Hens have a little strip of feathers going up the back of their head. Some pics would help. Needless to say, if you get an egg, its a hen LOL

 

[possumhunter]

They are both hens! I caught the bourbon red laying an egg last night and then found another egg in the coop this morning. I figured the royal palm was a hen, but the bourbon red really threw me...I thought for sure that it was a Tom!
Nice to know for sure, it will make craigslisting them easier

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

definately hens, a royal palm tom will have black laceing over most all his body, hens just on the lower back , wings, and tail like yours