Do turkeys moult their tail feathers?
01-15-2003, 09:50 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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Do turkeys moult their tail feathers?
Guys,
I read that turkeys moult their feathers each year.
does this include tail feathers?
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I read that turkeys moult their feathers each year.
does this include tail feathers?
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01-16-2003, 12:08 AM
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Nontypical Buck
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Location: Oakland OR USA
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RE: Do turkeys moult their tail feathers?
the ones we have here lose quite a bit of thier tailfeathers in the late spring ,but not all of them at once . One longbeard taken in May only had nine feathers in the tail and quite a few new ones coming in . So I would say yes they do .
