Is this a hen? It's been in my yard for a couple of months now so I guess it is an official "resident". I'm really hoping it's a female & that we will soon be seeing little ones.
Yes it looks like a hen. If it were a male you should see a 1-2 inch beard at the very least since it would be at least 9 months old. The only way it would not have a beard by now is if it lost its beard somehow. PJ
There are usually some turkeys across the road in the cow pasture. My neighbor saw some recently in back of his house, too. For some reason they just never come onto my place, which is 5 wooded acres. This year I keep seeing this one. I would love it if she hatches out a bunch of chicks!
Get some cracked corn and place it were you see her going in and out of the woods. If she has some young , they will be there every day when they find it.I was riding my 4 wheeler on the farm this past weekend and got attacked by a hen with here babies.She chased me off for a hundred yards or so before she went back to the little ones.
Ms. Turkey is here every day now. We see her at least twice an day. I'm just waiting to see a trail of baby turkeys behind her soon. Keeping my fingers crossed......
This morning when I was standing at the kitchen sink looking out the window I saw Ms. Turkey, a rabbit, 2 baby tree squirels, a flock of baby quail, and our family of 5 baby crows & their parents. It's been a really good year for the bird families in the yard this year! We also have the usual families of woodpeckers, jays, & various small birds.
One funny thing happened - the rabbit hopped on over & headed for the fake lawn we have out front. It looks & feels like real grass. I wonder what he thought! He just sat there looking at it for a long time.
For sure a hen, I went out to Julian this last weekend and saw atleast 30 or so turkeys. It was awesome, tried to get close to one of the Toms and he took off flying. Pretty amazing how high they can actually get.