I need help with my two babies

Gods Daughter

In the Brooder
Jul 6, 2015
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Can someone help me I'm trying to post pics but can't seem to, so I have two turkeys one is a white tan and one is black and white I'm not sure if they are toms or hens or what, how can I post pics so I can get some help
 
Hi! There is a "minimum" number of posts that need be made before a new member can post a shot (this is to deter spammers).

You could post to a free image host & link to the shots.
 
The jakes' heads and necks should start developing caruncles & snoods should be a little more pronounced ("expressive"), heads should be balding. Males' heads "tend" to have a slightly cubic shape, legs slightly longer and with more girth. Males (of any age) will attempt "displays" (struts) more often and for longer than females. Vocalizations can sometimes be prompted by "gobbling" at them or, sometimes, merely walking by them whistling a song.
Jennies will will continue to have fine feathers ("hair") along the long axis of head and down back of neck, snoods will show no growth beyond slight "filling-out", legs will be slightly shorter. Females heads tend to exhibit a slightly more ovoidal shape.

Jakes, when just standing around being attentive, tend to tilt their entire body a bit out of the horizontal, jennies only do so if a potential threat might be lurking, or it is raining on them very hard.

Aspects & attributes of one/another or of both sexes (hope you have a hen&tom) should be making appearances pretty soon, now.
 
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My hens heads change color with mood, just not as extreme as the toms, I agree with Ivan, look to snood development, as well as the line of feathers up the back of the neck.
 

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