Turkeys

[thomascmrn]

Hi I have 2 turkeys now they both seem to be losing fethers but they seem to be coming back is that normal they are bout 5 mounths old

 

[duluthralphie]

Hi I have 2 turkeys now they both seem to be losing fethers but they seem to be coming back is that normal they are bout 5 mounths old

Hi. Welcome to BYC.

They are just molting, I am guessing. Where do you live? It makes difference on when they molt.


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[oldhenlikesdogs]

At 5 months they are probably molting their baby feathers and beginning to get their adult feathers. Poults go through multiple molts as they grow.

 

[thomascmrn]

Oh that I just got to looking at her neck and she's losing them but thx it's been the same way with my tom he's doing it to