Tom plucks his wing feathers

[TurkeyCat]

Hi. My male turkey has been pulling out his wing feathers, as well as chewing the tail feathers. Any idea of why he'd do that?

 

[Hillaire]

could be boredom how big is the run that you have him in

 

[redsoxs]

Greetings from Kansas, TurkeyCat, and

! Great to have you aboard! You might want to ask the folks in the Turkey Forum here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/20/turkeys
Best wishes and thanks for joining BYC!

 

[TurkeyCat]

It's very large. We found him abandoned in the hills above our neighborhood four days before Christmas. We live in So Cal. He starts gobbling at sunrise so we let him out of pen then (5:45am) & spend the following 12+hrs outside with him. The cats hang out with us too. Then at sunset we put him back in pen.

 

[Hillaire]

might be lonely, time to get him some hens

 

[drumstick diva]

sometimes birds eat feathers to get protein. Maybe he needs more in his turkey feed. He is probably stressed also because NO GIRLS!!!!

 

[Teila]

G’Day from down under TurkeyCat

Welcome!

As you have already received some good suggestions and a link to the Turkey Forum, I will just wish you all the best. Also, I know nuff’n 'bout Turkeys

I hope you enjoy being a BYC member. There are lots of friendly and very helpful folks here so not only is it overflowing with useful information it is also a great place to make friends and have some fun.

If you would like to share pictures and stories of your boy, you have come to the right place. BYC’ers never tire of these and do not back away slowly or commence eye rolling when the photo album or home videos come out