Male turkey squats for me.

[Krivera5]

Hi, I cannot seem to find any information on this topic and was hoping someone in this group could help. I have a male turkey about 9 months old who does a submissive squat whenever I walk by. I am 90% sure it is in fact a male and he is incredibly docile and rarly puffs up. I am not sure what this means since it's rarly seen in roosters let alone a turkey.
Can someone please explain this behavior.

 

[R2elk]

Hi, I cannot seem to find any information on this topic and was hoping someone in this group could help. I have a male turkey about 9 months old who does a submissive squat whenever I walk by. I am 90% sure it is in fact a male and he is incredibly docile and rarly puffs up. I am not sure what this means since it's rarly seen in roosters let alone a turkey.
Can someone please explain this behavior.

Post pictures. It would not be the first time someone misidentified the sex of their turkey.

 

[memphis]

I think that's a hen.

 

[2 many chickens]

Girl

 

[R2elk]

Hi, I cannot seem to find any information on this topic and was hoping someone in this group could help. I have a male turkey about 9 months old who does a submissive squat whenever I walk by. I am 90% sure it is in fact a male and he is incredibly docile and rarely puffs up. I am not sure what this means since it's rarly seen in roosters let alone a turkey.
Can someone please explain this behavior.

That is definitely a hen and the squatting is normal for a hen that is submitting for breeding.

Hens can and do display just like toms do.

 

[memphis]

Here is my hen displaying.

 

[Krivera5]

Thank you so much everyone. I had no idea females displayed. This was extremely helpful.

 

[memphis]

They sure can. She was being annoyed by a dog.

 

[CPT]

Oh, that's definitely a hen.

 

[casportpony]

Welcome to BYC!

I agree with the others, you have a hen. And it's been my experience that once they start squatting for people the usually start laying eggs in 2-3 weeks.