I think my toms are *choir boys*....and the hens are nuns!! I don't see any eggs and I don't see the toms breeding, just percussing and strutting around. The hens surround them a lot but I don't see any squatting on the girls' part.
Thanks Dogfish. I'd like to find a Lavender tom for my girl but for now, she has to be with the Narans.
We just picked up three young turkeys, bronze breasted, two hens and a tom. Boy, I've never seen such raggedy critters in my life! Filthy, feathers missing and just lackluster when they first got here. They are looking much better now (about a month so far) but still, not sure about them. Seller advertised them as bourbon reds and it was dark when I picked them up, they are as wild as wild can be. Next morning I discover, nope, not bourbon reds at all, but bronze breasted
DaKid, they are Narangansetts. I have several unrelated young hens (like the one I posted below the lavender hen) so I was hoping the older girls would sorta show the younger girls how its done
Thank you DaKid, they are a bit on the lighter side. So was the HUGE tom I had last year that is the daddy to the almost 1 yr old in the pic. He was a MEAN SUCKER and I kept several of his daughters and one of his sons, the others were sold and the reports back from the new owners is they are pretty amazed at the heft. I hope the son we kept matures to what daddy was. He dressed out to 22 lbs.,!! and was delicious!