Quiet Turkeys?

[mini_mull]

I was wondering if one breed of turkeys is more quiet than another? I'd love to wake up to a gobble, but I live in a neighborhood where roos are forbidden for fear of noise, so I need to either just raise them and process before they start gobbling or raise a quieter breed. Any ideas?

Thanks,

Kristi
Pecan Grove Ranch
Queen Creek, AZ

 

[Jmiller429]

negative. If you have adult toms in the spring. theyre gonna gobble their fool heads off. if you get poults now, and butcher this fall. youd probably do alright.

 

[onthespot]

and hens in breeding state are VERY noisy also. I agree with the poults, but I have a Midget White poult right now, oh, about three months old or so, starting to make the same noise as a breeding hen. kyuck kyuck kyuck... just saying... Four turkeys in my back yard are noisier than a hundred young chickens growing out, not yet laying, or crowing. I'm zoned for the turkeys, but not the chickens. (Zoning ordinance says "Four non-crowing poultry) Plus I keep lovebirds which I am allowed, and they are noisy as all get out. Who cares about a couple baby chicks peeping every now and then. Hear that? That's my tom gobbling for no reason at 6:17 am. Oh, and they also gobble if someone's car alarm goes off, they hear a siren in the distance, or someone slams a door, or the neigbhor turns on a light at night to use the restroom in the middle of the night. Just saying... might want to go with butterball until you are zoned for them.

 

[Denninmi]

Mine gobble when they hear wild geese or ducks, which is pretty often since I live between a whole bunch of lakes, with all kinds of wetlands around.