I have been wondering do turkeys lose thier beards the reason I am asking is because in the winter I put out all kind's of food for birds,deer rabbits etc in my backyard and the turkeys hang around now in this group there are 2 that are huge stand out from the rest and I know they are both toms because I have seen them while hunting and the one has 4 all white wing feathers on one side and the other has a limp when he walk's and when I seen them while hunting they both had about 8 to 10 inch beards but I noticed that when they came into the back yard the other day thier beards are gone and that not one turkey out there had one and out of a group of 75 that would be unlikely not one tom or jake