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[jessaw1981]

ok Yall first I wanna thank Yall for all the good info that I have got posting questions on here. my question is I got a turkey at the feed store when I got my chicks and this turkey is about 4 mo. old and when we put the in the tractor together I put turkey first then all the hens well this turkey stuck its nose down to it chest and flitted all feathers fanned its tail out I mean beautiful strutting around and all and has a small group of hair coming out of chest that fills like brillo pad lol so we think its a tom my friend said girls.fan there tail to. ( I have never seen that ) I can't upload a pic cause I do all this from my phone and I don't see the option. the only other thing is I have never heard him/her gobble only a tweat and some other weird noise. he was from mcmurry hatchery and is a wild turkey ? please help. is it to young to gobble ?

 

[willjal]

Sounds like a tom by what you describe. There are cases where a hen turkey will grow a beard but its very very rare. Toms "poof" there feathers and strut around to try to impress the girls. If he is only 4 months he is way to young to gobble. Probably will take him another year to get a full blown gobble out, although he will start trying to gobble soon. Will just sound funny for a while.

 

[simplycreative]

sounds like a male

mine try to gobble...... doesnt come out right but sounds darn close and they are only 2.5 months old

try gobbling at him see what he does?

 

[jessaw1981]

thanks you guys. I did try to gobble but he just looked at me Luke what the he*l lol.

 

[willjal]

This is what you should do. Go to walmart or some hunting store and buy a turkey mouthcall. Learn to use it and how to sound like a hen turkey. Your tom will go nuts. Especially early in the morning.

 

[jessaw1981]

I looked at Walmart the only place round here and ts and they don't have them yet. :'(

 

[willjal]

Youll probably have to wait until spring. Thats when turkey season is. You could order one online though. www.bassproshops.com

 

[ChurkLover]

Sounds like a Tom to me. I have not seen my hens pull their heads in while fanning the feathers, but my Tom definitely does. He is about 6 months old and didn't start trying to gobble until about a month or so ago. He's actually fairly decent, just not a lot of power behind it yet. The other thing is, my Tom shakes his feathers and hisses while strutting, but the girls don't-at least I haven't seen them do it yet.