please help.

[toredano]

the one in the front in the last pic does look liek a tom.. so does the one to the left also.. possibly tho.. not 100% sure tho

 

[chickenlittle32]

They all look like toms to me...

Also, to deal with the aggression...another thing you can do is make him submit. Grab him and push him to the ground. Hold him there for a few minutes.

 

[chickenannie]

OK, yes. If they are all toms, they are probably "maturing" and full of hormones right now which will make them rambunctious. Mine, at that age, always get full of themselves as they work out who is the biggest and baddest between them. What is your plan with these if they are not hens?

 

[logansterling]

Ohh GOD I dont have one... can 3 toms live happily together? They are almost a year old, when do males begin to mature?

 

[ivan3]

Yes, toms will get along if there are no hens around when breeding season arrives. Ours started vocally challenging and charging one another at four months. They will spar to work out strutting `rights', and plenty of chest butting, neck wrapping, kicking, snood pulling and caruncles punctured by beaks will probably be meted out and suffered. The winner will chuff and display his `flag', the losers will sulk for a couple of days, heads hanging low and retrices nearly dragging the ground.

We had three for nearly four years. They would form alliances. The Alpha would curry favor with the `weakest' in order to keep the most likely contender to his throne on the bottom (two against one). The contests resulted in raw, bloody heads and swollen, bruised snoods (used a bit of pine tar if the fighting got out of hand). They heal rapidly and, to us, it seemed that the most damage done was to the `pride' of the loser (they can kill one another when sparring, but it is rare).

98% of the time ours get along fine, and we have a hen (did have two).

Do your turks roost, or sleep on the ground? From your photos it appears most The discoloration/sores/scabbing on all three are low on the major caruncles `wattles'. Have you noticed in other pox like eruptions forming elsewhere the past few days?

 

[logansterling]

No I havent noticed any other pox type things on them. I know I have at least one female because I have had a few eggs in the past.

But the two are constantly going at it, pecking each others faces and chasing each other. The one gets especially angry when the other attacks me.

So now my question is, if they are males how soon should I be able to tell. These are my first three turkeys and I thought that by now I could comfortably say they were all females.

They will not go into our night houses, but in the past I have seen them sleeping both on the ground and roosting.

Thanks to everyone who has posted on this thread...

 

[chickenannie]

When you hear them gobble, you'll know.

Possibly you have 2 toms fighting over the attention of 1 female?

 

[kns500]

We have nine of the same turkeys and the males will have beards so that is how you can tell if they are male or female. Are you going to keep yours as pets? That is what I had intended to do until I found out they get so big because of their breeding. Now I don't know what to do.

 

[Must Be Losing It]

I agree with the Tom assessment. I think you've at least two Jakes. The only birds who've whomped me are ticked off toms. The hens are sweethearts.

 

[logansterling]

thanks guys. Yes they are pets. I enjoy them quite a bit. I have found that if I keep new toys in there for them they seem to take their aggression out on those instead of me, at least while the toy is new and different, OR filled with food.

Thanks guys, I have had a tom before that was a rescue, but he was much older and at the time the only bird.

I will keep you posted, but thanks for the help tons!!!!