Narragansett chicks

[Michael sr]

Hello this is my first time raising turkeys. One did display as in the picture. Their only three months old. I’d like to put to rest the sex debate. I’ve seen pictures of hens with a lot of nodules. Just want to be sure.
Thank you

 

[R2elk]

Looks like a young hen displaying.

FYI, young turkeys are not chicks, they are poults.

 

[Michael sr]

Looks like a young hen displaying.

FYI, young turkeys are not chicks, they are poults.

Thank you
The pictures is about two weeks old since then the snood has grown and hanging down the side of the beak. Do hens get a long snood? This bird also is a great deal larger than the other three as well as dark black back feathers.

 

[R2elk]

Thank you
The pictures is about two weeks old since then the snood has grown and hanging down the side of the beak. Do hens get a long snood? This bird also is a great deal larger than the other three as well as dark black back feathers.

That would imply that it is a tom. While hens can get snoods that swell enough to reach the end of their beak, only toms get snoods long enough to dangle inches below the end of the beak.

 

[Michael sr]

That would imply that it is a tom. While hens can get snoods that swell enough to reach the end of their beak, only toms get snoods long enough to dangle inches below the end of the beak.

Thank you again. We are really hoping to have a Tom and three hens. Tomorrow I’ll get a new picture. I really appreciate your experience

 

[Michael sr]

 

[R2elk]

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Probably a tom. When the snood retracts does it form a cone or not?

 

[Michael sr]

Probably a tom. When the snood retracts does it form a cone or not?

It does retract haven’t seen it stand up though

 

[R2elk]

It does retract haven’t seen it stand up though

A tom's snood will retract into a cone shape even at a young age while a hen's will go back to the "J" shape.

 

[Michael sr]

A tom's snood will retract into a cone shape even at a young age while a hen's will go back to the "J" shape.

Thank you
I’ll look at it when the suns up. Still dark here