Closing in on July and tonight on my way home from work ( here in NJ) in a place I never expected saw Big Ol Tom strutting with about 6 hens.
They're.
Some of the boys just don't want to give up yet ;)
besides it is a long time until next spring :toothy12:
Quote from: owlhoot on June 26, 2014, 06:32:18 PM
Some of the boys just don't want to give up yet ;)
besides it is a long time until next spring :toothy12:
So true.
Have seen a lot of that here and I think it a result of heavy rains that wash away nests and hens are starting over and over. It's a good year to be a tom!
The Jake my son shot this year was tiny with zero spurs, not even bumps. I am sure he was born pretty late last year.
Quote from: drenalinld on June 26, 2014, 10:14:50 PM
Have seen a lot of that here and I think it a result of heavy rains that wash away nests and hens are starting over and over. It's a good year to be a tom!
Thats not actually how it works in the turkey world. If a hen looses her clutch of eggs she is able to 're inseminate herself. He
When hens are bred they store seemen from the male bird to use at a later date if the need irises.
Quote from: mikejd on June 27, 2014, 07:42:36 AM
Quote from: drenalinld on June 26, 2014, 10:14:50 PM
She can only store that sperm for 3 weeks. After that she must return to a Tom and be rebred.
Have seen a lot of that here and I think it a result of heavy rains that wash away nests and hens are starting over and over. It's a good year to be a tom!
Thats not actually how it works in the turkey world. If a hen looses her clutch of eggs she is able to 're inseminate herself. He
When hens are bred they store seemen from the male bird to use at a later date if the need irises.
I understand they don't have to but I sure see them doing it.
Quote from: drenalinld on June 27, 2014, 01:32:25 PM
I understand they don't have to but I sure see them doing it.
Those hens are ho's. ;D
I saw a strutter with hens last week in central FLA. Our crazy birds strut from January to July!!