Turkey maturity
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From: Killbuck
27-Mar-18
When turkeys go from jakes to long beards do their middle tail feathers get shorter or do the outside feathers get longer?
From: Brotsky
27-Mar-18
Outside feathers get longer.
From: Jack
27-Mar-18
Neither
From: Brotsky
27-Mar-18
Technically Jack and I are both right, they molt and the outside feathers grow back longer as the full fan. So the real answer is they fall out, then grow back longer.
From: Topgun 30-06
27-Mar-18
think we got the answer since they molt every year.
From: loprofile
27-Mar-18
the beard and the middle tail feathers are connected. As the beard gets longer the middle tail feathers are pulled in to line with the outside tail feathers. This is the exact opposite of the relationship between the snood and the spurs.
From: Killbuck
27-Mar-18
That's kinda what I thought Lopro!
From: stick n string
27-Mar-18
U gotta count the tall feathers. One tall feather for each year of life...;^)
From: t-roy
27-Mar-18
How do multiple beards and the caruncle effect things, Poindexters!?!
From: Swampbuck
27-Mar-18
And don’t forget those bearded hens, what about those he/shes??
