Turkeys

[Jener8or]

Hi! It is nice to have you here! The people in the turkey forum will surly give you the best advice! I'm hoping you have great success with your flock!

Thanks for joining and welcome to BackYard Chickens!

 

[chrissynemetz]

Hello, and welcome to BYC! We're glad you joined us!

 

[BoundlessLove]

I'm not sure what "surrender" means. My turkeys will "pretend-mate" each other even as poults. So yes the turkeys might mount each other even if too young. If the females are much smaller than the males, they could get injured.

@Annie16 This is your answer.
Toms can try to mate regardless if the young hen is ready or willing. And they most certainly could injure a young poult.
This spring we had a tom that tried to mate one of our ducks and ended up hurting her back.
If you could post a picture of your turkeys, that may help determine age.

 

[Bsmac]

Greetings & Salutations. Welcome.

This place is full of information! I would not have known that you could have a Tom with 2 hens. With chickens, it's more like 8-10 females per male.

If you want to keep all 4, you could get a couple more females. I'll call it turkey math.

This is a wonderful site on which to Learn and enjoy.We are pleased to have you in the community.

Lol! Good one

 

[Bsmac]

Hello! Welcome to BYC! I hope you can get your turkey dilemma resolved!

 

[Annie16]

Try asking in the Turkey Forum.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forums/turkeys.20/

Thankyou

 

[Annie16]

I'm not sure what "surrender" means. My turkeys will "pretend-mate" each other even as poults. So yes the turkeys might mount each other even if too young. If the females are much smaller than the males, they could get injured.

Thankyou

 

[Lazy Farmer]

Welcome to BYC..
Oh the fond memories I have of my 40+ pound Tom, whom would make the largest of the larger house guests run as the have never ran before, as big Tom would charge at them with fury. Or was it the memory of Tom on the dinner table with all the fixings?. Never the less, both memories are still resurfacing everytime someone mentions male turkeys lol.

 

[N F C]

Hi, good luck with your turkeys!

 

[janiedoe]

I dont have the together as yet, because I don't want to males to sex the females if they are to young, that is what I need to know, is will a female surrender herself even if she is to young I can't seem to find out any info on this anywhere

I dont know turkeys but Most mature male roosters won't even try to breed with an immature pullet. However, I have heard stories of pullets being killed by an over zealous cockerel so I'd be very careful and observant.