Bearded lady

[LPJR]

Took this pic of the bearded hen that has been on this same farm for the past 4 years. 

Shocked she is still around with the amount of foxes here. 

[Rusty]

Cool bird!  

[jumpthestring]

I thought you were talking about the women in Sussex County...lol

[Trophy8]

4 years is a long time for any turkey, regardless of state

[Greybeard]

Been having a bearded hen in the yard for as many years.  2 other hens with 6 young poults been around lately.  Last year the bearded hen and another hen had 9 poults with them.  Saw the bearded hen this year with no poults.  Haven't seen her recently.  Could she be sitting on a nest again if she lost her first clutch?

[Slayer1962]

Obviously she is a smart old bird lol

[Fred Flintstone]

Extremely Wily and Wary She is and knowing the ways of Predators  at her age.

[BHC]

in today's world she identifies as a gobbler 

[gobblergetter]

I would like to think it's the same hen. But there's a good chance it's not.

Biologists estimate about 10% of hens are bearded. 

Some states report as low as 3% and other as high as 20%

New Jersey is around 10 or more.

Last year during the Saturday of 6 day, I had a group of 12 hens and 7 month old poults around my blind. 5 of the hens were bearded.

[rgw]

Awesome, I finally saw a couple of hens this morning that had atleast 8  larger sized poults with the them, probably half sized as hens 

[nmc02]

6 hours ago, gobblergetter said:

I would like to think it's the same hen. But there's a good chance it's not.

Biologists estimate about 10% of hens are bearded. 

Some states report as low as 3% and other as high as 20%

New Jersey is around 10 or more.

Last year during the Saturday of 6 day, I had a group of 12 hens and 7 month old poults around my blind. 5 of the hens were bearded.

I am not a turkey hunter. How can you tell the difference?? Coloring & body size??

[hunterbob1]

8 minutes ago, nmc02 said:

I am not a turkey hunter. How can you tell the difference?? Coloring & body size??

https://images.app.goo.gl/CwFrPS2hKMeFVhMT7

[LPJR]

1 hour ago, nmc02 said:

I am not a turkey hunter. How can you tell the difference?? Coloring & body size??

C'mon Nick....You are playing! Zoom in on my hen pics...

What do you see? 

You knew this one bro. 

You see no Bishaleak! 

Zooooom in...  

[Buck154]

Cool

[Recurve hntr]

Lmao. When I first started turkey hunting I had few hens with beards come in on the property I was hunting. I was confused. Now I’m older and I think they are confused and don’t know what to identify as . 😂