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have a beard and one-year-old birds have beards less than five inches long. Gobblers with beards over eight inches are likely to be three or more years old. A better way to determining the age of a turkey is by its legs.
Yearling turkeys have mahogany brown legs and feet. Birds older than one year have pink legs and feet and the older the bird the more vivid pink.
Turkeys are social birds and in winter often separate into three distinct groups: adult males, young males and females of all ages. These flocks begin to disperse in late winter or early spring when courtship and mating rituals begin.
Tbms set up territories and begin gobbling, strutting, and displaying in hopes of attracting a harem of hens. Most hens, regardless of age, will breed with a gobbler each spring.
The wild turkey is one of the largest birds in the world, yet it begins life as a two-ounce ball of fuzz. The chicks or poults leave the nest of eight to thirteen eggs, incubated for twenty-five days, with mom as soon as the final sibling has hatched.
The clutch will brood on the ground with the hen for a week or so and then in the trees, for safety, as soon as they can fly. They will roost in trees for the remainder of their lives, except to incubate eggs, a solitary task carried out by the hen.
A mature tom will weigh up to twenty-five pounds and stand three feet tall, while a hen will be up to thirteen
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