Turkey weight

[R2elk]

Okay, I'll keep weighing her and making sure she's gaining. It's a slow gain but she doesn't act sick and she's definitely drinking and eating some.

It is a very healthy looking poult.

 

[Turtle_77]

It is a poult but appears to be a runt. If the egg it was hatched from was from a first year layer, it would start out smaller than the others but would normally catch up quickly.

On the other hand there may be genetics at work causing it to be smaller than normal. There are people looking for these smaller than normal turkeys as they want to breed a chicken size turkey.

Hopefully she'll just catch up then! She definitely eats and runs around like everyone else. I don't mind her being small if she stays that way, just want to make sure I do everything for her I can!

That's terrible that people are breeding them that way, nothing should ever be pocket sized

 

[casportpony]

These hatched 4/27/2023. The numbers are pretty close to yours. Interestingly, I was able to predict the sex very early based on weight.

#	Color	Sex	5/30/2023	5/31/2023	6/1/2023	6/2/2023
1	blue	TBD	41	48	53	64
2	pink	TBD	39	44	52	61
3	yellow	TBD	41	51	58	69
4	orange	TBD	45	54	56	67
5	green	TBD	45	50	54	63

Female

Hatched on 5/27/2023
Weights are in grams

Color	Sex	5/30/2023	5/31/2023	6/1/2023	6/2/2023	6/3/2023
blue	TBD	41	48	53	64	76

Female

Hatched on 5/27/2023
Weights are in grams

Color	Sex	5/30/2023	5/31/2023	6/1/2023	6/2/2023	6/3/2023
Green	TBD	45	50	54	63	70

Male

Hatched on 5/27/2023
Weights are in grams

Color	Sex	5/30/2023	5/31/2023	6/1/2023	6/2/2023	6/3/2023
Yellow	TBD	41	51	58	69	80

Male

Hatched on 5/27/2023
Weights are in grams

Color	Sex	5/30/2023	5/31/2023	6/1/2023	6/2/2023	6/3/2023
Orange	TBD	45	54	56	67	75

 

[Molpet]

In grams, that's 37 & 56, which is on the very light end for a poult. I'd say as long as she keeps eating, drinking, and gaining at least three grams a day, she'll be okay.

Did you have a thread on poult weight a couple years ago? I can't find it
Did the heavier ones from the start end up being jakes?

 

[casportpony]

Did you have a thread on poult weight a couple years ago? I can't find it
Did the heavier ones from the start end up being jakes?

Yes! That was Poults of 2023.

 

[Turtle_77]

These hatched 4/27/2023. The numbers are pretty close to yours. Interestingly, I was able to predict the sex very early based on weight.


Female


Female


Male


Male

Okay so she isn't too far behind then! Definitely seems like it just from how everyone towers over her 🫪

 

[Turtle_77]

Yes! That was Poults of 2023.

Oooo imma have to see if that's the case with these guys. I have one who's a real fatty and is already strutting at a week old

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

This tells you right from the start that they don't know what they are talking about. There is only one breed and that breed is Turkey. There are many possible varieties but only one breed.

for what it is worth, the commonly accepted terminology is for varieties of wild turkeys to be described as subspecies while the different varieties of domestic turkeys are described as breeds

 

[R2elk]

for what it is worth, the commonly accepted terminology is for varieties of wild turkeys to be described as subspecies while the different varieties of domestic turkeys are described as breeds

You are mistaken. The APA only recognizes one breed which is the breed Turkey.

The various varieties of turkeys are too closely related to each other to be separate breeds.

When I breed a Sweetgrass tom to a Royal Palm hen, all of the of the poults will be Sweetgrass.

If they were separate breeds you would expect the results to be a hybrid, not the same variety as one of the parents.

The term breed has a different definition for different species. In the case of turkeys they are all the same Genus species - Meleagris gallopavo.

 

[Molpet]

for what it is worth, the commonly accepted terminology is for varieties of wild turkeys to be described as subspecies while the different varieties of domestic turkeys are described as breeds

I guess it depends
APA standard uses the term varieties.

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