(440) 286-9516Through the summer we saw a male turkey raising 3 turkey chicks. Is this common?
Through the summer we saw a male turkey raising 3 turkey chicks. Is this common?
From all that I have read and learned, male wild turkeys are polygamous and take no part in incubation or rearing of young wild turkeys. From my experience, however, I have learned that there are always exceptions in Nature, so anything is possible. I would say that a male turkey raising young would not be the norm and, in fact, would be very unusual!
-Chief Naturalist John Kolar
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