Mystery turkey - need help on breed and gender

[RedIII]

Hello, hello! I'm in need of some help from those of you who know your turkeys. This juvenile wandered into a relative's yard the other day, and is currently living with me:



It looks to be 2-3 months old, as it is about the same size as my BBW tom, who is roughly 7 weeks old. Most, if not all of the tail feathers are tipped with a thin band of white. The head is a pale bluish color, and the snood is still very small. I'm not seeing much in the way of caruncles. Those reasons, and its behavior around my tom, make me think it could be a juvenile hen. But, do hens get that blue color on their head? Or is it just the males? I have yet to see it display, even with the tom getting in its face.

My best guess is that this is a female standard bronze, but I really am new to turkeys, so I don't know. Help?

 

[hdowden]

you sure it isn't a wild turkey though? i have no clue on breed nor gender though

 

[RedIII]

It could be wild. The thing is, it doesn't freak out as bad as I'd expect a wild one to, and it doesn't rush the fencing of its enclosure, either. It seems like it was domesticated, or at least handled at some point.

 

[jobeth3]

it looks similar to a narragansett turkey!

 

[ramirezframing]

a front shot and side shot would help but looks like a bronze from the back

 

[RedIII]

UPDATE - Apologies for the long gap in response since I posted this. My computer that I use to upload pictures has been down, which is why there are no more images on here. I have been watching the turkey since I got it, and I have a strong suspicion that it is a female. It was missing a lot of feathers when I got it, not sure why. The turkey went through a mini molt and now has much thicker feathering. So far, its coloring looks closest to a Narragansett. When possible, I'll come back and add some pictures or video to this thread so that others can see. Thanks!

 

[jed2012]

you sure it isn't a wild turkey though? i have no clue on breed nor gender though

r u following my neighbor? lol. so am i.

 

[jed2012]

you told me today it was a female. and i got to see you in person!

 

[RedIII]

UPDATE - My apologies to anyone checking this thread. I finally got a new computer and took some pictures of this turkey. Definitely not Narragansett - I have never seen one, but something tells me that this bird is too brown to be of that breed. Someone had mentioned that it might just be wild, and I'm now leaning strongly toward that. I'm still convinced that Betty is a she, though.









She's not as flighty as when I first got her, but she is wary of being caught or handled, and pretty good at evading us when we try. She's fluffed up against the cold in these pictures, but when she's relaxed, you can see that she has a very lean body shape, especially compared to the BBW's we have.

 

[ramirezframing]

she is a royal palm crossed with a bourbon red, I have a few friends with these and the hens are her color and the males almost look like bronzes