Sexing turkeys

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I've got a couple of two week old turkeys and they both have a big bump sorta on their forehead, does this mean they are toms . Sherry

-- sherry (chickadee259@yahoo.com), April 30, 2001

Answers

The only way I have been able to sex young turkey poults is to watch their activity. The bump on the head is on all poults. Future Toms will act like toms, even at two days old! They sort of hunch their wings forward and fan them out while their tail feathers spread a bit, then they do a stomping type of dance. This is typical tom behavior. It's so cute to see a small bird do this and act so tough. Otherwise, you just have to wait until they grow some more.

-- Mary in East TN (barnwood@preferred.com), May 06, 2001.

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-- armin kousha (armin_kousha@hotmail.com), December 29, 2001.

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