huntnma

yeah i know, i've seen strutting hens before too.... usually the jakes are taller than the jennies, maybe not the first 3-4 weeksm but after that you tend to tell....or at least i can.....thats a cool pic.......
i used to know a hen that would strut and she would even try to gobble, she was a mean ol thing,would leave lil bites markson me and if you havent been bitten by a turkey, it can hurt, lol....then the gobbler would lay on the eggs while she was off galavanting around lol......

maytom

Below is a Rio Hen "struting" to aid her grooming procedures...




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It looks like that hen in the above pic is just "fluffing" her feather's out after dusting herself.That's not an actual hen strut. I've seen other pic's where the hen actually struts like a gobbler, tail fanned out etc. Cool pic's though!!

the bees knees

Yes but I was only trying to reinforce the fact that just because it poofs up feathers doesnt always mean its a jake/gobbler...

cascadedad

No, that is not what that means.

Chris_H

I didnt know that hens could "strut." Pretty neat; you learn new things everyday.

huntnma

i actually dont tell by the feathers being fluffed, you can tell by the size, thier heads annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd thier behavior...there is a difference between fluffy and strutin'...... i know them, just didnt want to call you out and hurt your feelings....i've been around turkeys in the wild and penned for the last 6 years, almost everyday, just because i say i see one strutting doesn't mean that is how i judge thier sex...it's their mannerism(sp?) as well.....sorry if i over reacted, butthis reply just rubbed me all wrong, lol...

the bees knees

theoretically speaking, thats exactly what that means... 100 % of poults - 52% male= 48% female no? I didnt reply to starta pissing match between you two, but those are numbers that a wildlife biologist in SC shared with me from some experiments performed by the SC DNR...

Lets try rational math logic shall we, out of 10 total, 52% would equal 5.2, stay with me, and 48% would equal 4.8, still with me? So move the decimal ( this thingy [.]) one value place to the right (---> this way) and you get 100!, 52 % of 100=52 and 48% of 100=48...

Now as far as "Fluffing", "poofing", and "struting" are concerned, ALL I WAS TRYING TO DO WAS SHARE THE FACT THAT ALL WILD TURKEYS POSSESS THE ABILITY TO "Fluff", "Poof", and/or "Strut"... WHICH MAKES THIS AN INVALID WAY TO DETERMINE GENDER OF SAID TURKEY. Again, I was trying not to step on your toes, or "call you out" on it, but rather have an adult disscusion on the matter.

huntnma

like i said i may of over reacted, but regardless i wasnt having a pissing match as you put it....the way i read it , you were pretty much thinking that is how i judged the sex and i took offense to it because i'm not a total dumba$$, lol.....so i voiced myopinion...didnt want you getting your boxers in a bunch, that is why i said i may of over reacted, blah blah blah.....pissing match is now over.....lol, at least my part of it...lol

Cleburne

Nice pictures. Thanks for sharing.