Called this bird in this morning and thought he was a jake when I saw his beard. As I was watching him strut and gobble I noticed he had a full fan. Then when he crossed railroad bed on the gravel I could see his spurs. After giving him a face full of nitros I see he has 2 beards. Thick base but no length. Is this beard rot or just a stubby bearded tom?
Heres the spurs that dont match the beards. LOL
Looks like a stub to me. Beard rot will be discolored. Could it have froze off .They sometimes freeze and break in cold climates.
I agree. Looks more like it's broken of instead of beard rot.
I also agree, every beard fungus I have seen has a redish or rust tent to it.
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i have a Pet Gobbler here at the house. last winter his beard got wet while drinking from a cut off bucket.when i went down to feed him his beard looked like it had ice cubes hanging from it. he had a 12"beard that day. two days later he had a 6" beard.
That is really weird....looking back at the beard it looks like a clean cut across the base. I agree with beard rot having a rustic tint to it and uneven edges. Heck most of the beards I have are pretty uneven with some definite longer and shorter strands. Either way, judging by the spurs and fan, sounds like you had a mature bird. Congrats
Nope dont look like beard rot to me.
This is beard rot.My bird i killed this year
(http://i1032.photobucket.com/albums/a408/HUNTERING/DSCN1238.jpg)
That's not a beard, Raspy.. That's a stinkin' soul patch, brother.. ;D
Quote from: redarrow on April 26, 2012, 08:33:29 PM
Looks like a stub to me. Beard rot will be discolored. Could it have froze off .They sometimes freeze and break in cold climates.
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Quote from: Hognutz on April 26, 2012, 10:18:56 PMThat's not a beard, Raspy.. That's a stinkin' soul patch, brother.. ;D
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Sorry Rasp, that was funny!!! ;D
Looks like he may have trimmed it to get through another season. He didn't figure your eyes were good enough to see his spurs.
That is not beard rot, it was probably froze and broke off.
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Quote from: RutnNStrutn on April 27, 2012, 07:06:04 AM
Quote from: Hognutz on April 26, 2012, 10:18:56 PMThat's not a beard, Raspy.. That's a stinkin' soul patch, brother.. ;D
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Sorry Rasp, that was funny!!! ;D
That's hilarious! :TooFunny: :TooFunny:
I wish we could have some pimpin' gobblers like that around me.
I think he probably trimmed up for turkey season hoping to look like a jake and get bypassed by hunters. Looks like his plan failed. :TooFunny:
I pulled this from another location. I have read the same thing while reading articles from turkey biologists
Disease -- Turkeys will occasionally get a melanin deficiency in their beard. Melanin is the pigment that makes the beard black and sometimes the melanin production is stopped during the growth of the beard and the beard gets a blond or light colored streak across it. Usually the melanin production will pick back up and the rest of the beard will be black but the beard will always have that blond streak through it. The light-colored portion of the beard is much more brittle and weaker than the black portions and the beards will often break off at that point or stop growing. Some turkeys suffering from this will have completely blond beards.
Thanks for the info everyone. The full fan gave him away. Once I noticed that I started looking him over better. :fud: