This turkey keeps on keeping me guessing

[Otis-Gussy]

So I have a hen (?) who I'm a bit confused about. "She" will strut in response to my male strutting. But she won't hold it for as long. She has a very impressive tail, much longer than my other hen. But her snood is staying smaller, she's shorter stature than my tom ( from same hatch ) smaller carnucles on her neck than him.
Any clue?? She's the one farthest over against the hardware cloth

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

How old is it? My older dominant hen displays all the time.

 

[Otis-Gussy]

How old is it? My older dominant hen displays all the time.

4.5 months

 

[Otis-Gussy]

"Her" Tom sibling has gobbled a few times. She hasnt..

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Similar in age to my poults. At that age if it's displaying than it's a Tom. Snoods are just starting to lengthen in the toms at that age, my hens are barely noticeable.

 

[R2elk]

So I have a hen (?) who I'm a bit confused about. "She" will strut in response to my male strutting. But she won't hold it for as long. She has a very impressive tail, much longer than my other hen. But her snood is staying smaller, she's shorter stature than my tom ( from same hatch ) smaller carnucles on her neck than him.
Any clue?? She's the one farthest over against the hardware cloth

I would agree that it is a hen. It is not uncommon for hens to display.

 

[Otis-Gussy]

So if it is indeed a tom.. if I were to move my one confirmed hen to a separate coop area across the yard, could my two toms live together in peace? Or would they still know she's there and constantly fight or kill eachother?

 

[Otis-Gussy]

Also she and my tom just got into a little bit of a standoff.. they normally never fight but they kinda challenged eachother and she laid down in from of him afterward.
Weird thing is "her" snood seemed to get bigger as they were doing this.
Snapped a photo, she's the one in front with a super red head.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

So if it is indeed a tom.. if I were to move my one confirmed hen to a separate coop area across the yard, could my two toms live together in peace? Or would they still know she's there and constantly fight or kill eachother?

Some toms fight, some get along. They probably won't fight too much until next season during their first breeding season. I'm sticking with it's a Tom, but you should know for sure within the next month.

 

[R2elk]

Also she and my tom just got into a little bit of a standoff.. they normally never fight but they kinda challenged eachother and she laid down in from of him afterward.
Weird thing is "her" snood seemed to get bigger as they were doing this.
Snapped a photo, she's the one in front with a super red head.

Still looks like a hen to me including the fact that her head is not bald and she does have a "mohawk". Your hen also has smaller caruncles than I expect on 4 1/2 month old toms. I have hens that can expand their snoods to the end of their bill but all the toms expand their snoods so large that they hang well past the end of their bills and widen enough that the entire bill can be covered.

I also have a hen and a tom that go through the display to each other and a small fight before she lays down in front of him and he then mounts and breeds her.