Turkey mohawk

[GhostGirlShannon]

Hi guys, I was told I have a male and female 13 week old pair of pulse but both of them have mohawks. Does a male grow a mohawk on the head?

 

[TheTwoRoos]

Following would love me to know

 

[R2elk]

Hi guys, I was told I have a male and female 13 week old pair of pulse but both of them have mohawks. Does a male grow a mohawk on the head?

Post pictures. It is helpful to have a full picture from the front, one full side view and one that is taken from the behind looking down and showing the back of the neck and top of the head.

No toms do not have the "mohawk", their head will be bald with a few hairs but no feathers. Late developing toms may take longer to lose all of their head feathers.

 

[GhostGirlShannon]

Sorry ...photos here of Edison

 

[R2elk]

Sorry ...photos here of Edison

It might be too soon to tell from photos since some toms can be late developing. My initial guess is that is a hen. Once it gets its fully mature breast feathers you will be able to tell because a dark feathered hen will have light colored edges on her breast feathers and a tom will have dark colored lower edges on his breast feathers.

 

[Noellereagan]

I have a few that I KNOW are Toms at eight weeks- they display, spit, drum and turn bright red- they also have e snood that hangs down.
They all have Mohawks too.

 

[Noellereagan]

I have four with all of those male specific traits and a mohawk. The rest of the head is bald.

 

[GhostGirlShannon]

I have four with all of those male specific traits and a mohawk. The rest of the head is bald.

Are they male?

 

[GhostGirlShannon]

His face turn beet-red when you go near him or aggravate him. He's much larger than his companion and thicker, longer legs

 

[R2elk]

His face turn beet-red when you go near him or aggravate him. He's much larger than his companion and thicker, longer legs

It may well be a late developing male. If it is a male, eventually the mohawk will go away and it will become bald.