Baby Turkeys
#11
RE: Baby Turkeys
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......
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......
#12
RE: Baby Turkeys
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!!
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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!!
#14
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Tri Cities, Washington
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RE: Baby Turkeys
ORIGINAL: the bees knees
I think by nature, they are born 52/48 % male/female
I think by nature, they are born 52/48 % male/female
... That means out of a 100 poults hatched, 52will be male, 48 will be female...
#16
RE: Baby Turkeys
ORIGINAL: 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...
Yes but I was only trying to reinforce the fact that just because it poofs up feathers doesnt always mean its a jake/gobbler...
#17
RE: Baby Turkeys
ORIGINAL: cascadedad
No, that is not what that means.
ORIGINAL: the bees knees
I think by nature, they are born 52/48 % male/female
I think by nature, they are born 52/48 % male/female
... That means out of a 100 poults hatched, 52will be male, 48 will be female...
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.
#18
RE: Baby Turkeys
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