The use of "tom" to describe a male animal is unclear. It dates back at least as far as a mid-18th century story that featured a character called Tom the Cat. The usage eventually became the more generic "tom cat", then "tomcat", and was gradually extended to males of other species.
Historians have debunked the recent claim that Benjamin Franklin named it after Thomas Jefferson when he would not allow it to be the national bird.
William bradford. he liked the name and they didnt have a name so he name it that. SMB!!!! William bradford. he liked the name and they didnt have a name so he name it that. SMB!!!!
Because a male turkey is a very dominant turkey. If you are a male turkey then other male turkeys will want to fight you. That is where you get the name tom.
The name of a male turkey is called a Tom
A male turkey is called a tom.
capon is the name of a castrated rooster there is no specific name for a castrated turkey
Tom, or gobbler.
A mature male turkey is called a "Tom". Yearling males are called "Jakes"
it is called a Tom
Like chickens, female turkeys are simply called hens. Male turkeys, on the other hand, are called toms. Baby turkeys are known as poults.
A Jake is a jouvenile male under one year and a Tom is a full grown male. :)
The male turkey is normally called a tom, gobbler, or stag.
What ever you name it. But in general a female Turkey is called a "Hen." and a male Turkey is called a "Tom."
A Jake turkey is a name for a young male turkey. It becomes a tom once it grows the red excess skin on its throat.
the first man to shoot a male turkey was named tom