The Probability of Getting a Male Turkey (simple math)

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So we got turkeys! But baby turkeys, or poults, are notoriously difficult to figure out if they are male or female! If we end up with 2 males, we most likely will have to give one away due to fighting. These are just going to be family pets, so we don't want to get attached and then have to give one away. We used simple probailty to hopefully help us not get 2 males! Come check out this simple math lesson!
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@feliciatate-salmon3384 3 жыл бұрын

I don't know what's worse me sticking around for the whole 5 minutes LOL or making the video so what we figured out here you might have two females you might have two males or you might have one of each but you can be a 100% certain they taste like turkey

@westfalltribe7874 2 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@veganzhell9852 3 жыл бұрын

Einstein raising turkeys

@nileor1 3 жыл бұрын

male baby turkeys will start doing a display of their feathers early if there is two males in the brood, if you see them doing it that is

@liliadavtyan3042 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Your comment was more helpful for me then this video. Now I know I have two male turkeys

@we_are_the_wesners 3 жыл бұрын

If Male turkeys are raised together they tend not to fight each other! We have 4 males and 3 females and our males do not fight each other!

@WhistleThicket 3 жыл бұрын

Good to know! We are 90 % sure we have 1 male and 1 female, still only about 6 months old.

@we_are_the_wesners 3 жыл бұрын

@@WhistleThicket Nice! I have a video showing a way I figure out Male from Female. Usually the Female will have a line of feathers along the back of their neck/head. Also learned from a long time turkey farmer that Females are alot louder (like a bark/chirp sound) but most of mine are either quiet or loud not some quiet or some loud haha!

@lilyn1807 3 жыл бұрын

I have 2 males but I still don't know if my other Turkey is a female.

@raghi769 3 жыл бұрын

@@WhistleThicket I have 2 turkey pouts and they exactly look like yours, and I’m curious if they are male or female

@RobinPleines1704 3 жыл бұрын

When you hold them the males pull their legs up and the female holds her legs down.

@Zumbagirl517 2 жыл бұрын

Ohhh I think I get the picture! 😆

@vamountainman2512 Жыл бұрын

Then I guess my turkey is hermaphrodite because it does both....... bad info. Wives tale at best.

@RobinPleines1704 Жыл бұрын

@@vamountainman2512 it worked for mine. Guess I was just lucky then.

@taofouajarodeve 3 жыл бұрын

No renga set. That made me laugh so hard. I’m from Massachusett and I appreciate the comedy at 0:50.

@sylvia106 3 ай бұрын

Nahranggasett! How ridiculous! But funny.

@tiffs1989 Жыл бұрын

Without all the math, you always have a 50%...when you don't know what it is.

@staceywadsworth1847 Жыл бұрын

Males have more of a square head and the female heads are rounder

@Zumbagirl517 2 жыл бұрын

You’re really good at this math! Are you a math teacher or something like that?

@MTHomestead 3 жыл бұрын

Just found your channel. We have two turkeys and we are hoping we have a male and a female… pretty sure we do. 😂 We wanted a breeding pair and went by head shape when we picked them.

@WhistleThicket 3 жыл бұрын

Hope it works out! We ended up w 2 females! They still display like a make turkey does!

@SnipingRhinoRanch 4 жыл бұрын

Good video. Hopefully the odds are ever in your favor, and you get a male / female combo.

@WhistleThicket 4 жыл бұрын

Fingers crossed!

@rimezrimez381 2 жыл бұрын

If your right about the .5 chance than wouldnt the odds of getting any of the combinations have the same chance?

@WhistleThicket 2 жыл бұрын

Sort of. 25 percent chance of 2 males, 25 percent of 2 females, and 50 percent of male female

@rimezrimez381 2 жыл бұрын

@@WhistleThicket no its not that simple.. Also I raise turkeys and we get way more females for some reason. Like out of 8 eggs your lucky to get 2 males

@victormcox Жыл бұрын

You're really scaring me!!

@caryinky 3 жыл бұрын

You lost me at math. 😂

@boyishsoul8336 6 ай бұрын

4 second video goes 5min 50 sec

@shellefoy6118 3 жыл бұрын

Its been 11 months what did u end up with? I just bought 2 white turkeys and two black I'm hoping at least one of the black is a male. They will be so pretty. And one in particular is so sweet. And loving. So here I am looking up how to sex turkeys. Lol 😆