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  1. 03-20-2018, 12:14 PM #1
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    Default My 2017 gobbler's fan looks like a jake's


    Not sure you can tell in the pic, but my gobbler's fan had the shorter tail feathers that are indicative of a jake. However, his beard was 10.5 inches long, spurs were exactly one inch. Why is this? Hard to tell whether this was an old bird, or just a young one with good beard and spurs.
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  2. 03-20-2018, 02:18 PM #2
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    That is odd, but the spurs tell the tale!
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    I bet he was doing some early sparring and the new feathers had not quite gotten there yet. Beard and spurs are good.
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    nice one
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    likely some kind of regrowth from a molt or a feather loss from something maybe ?
    looks like a mature bird otherwise to me
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    Quote Originally Posted by shadboy View Post
    That is odd, but the spurs tell the tale!
    X2! Molt or something.


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    that's no jake's tail. that is a 2 year old at least.
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