A turkey .... a pea ....or a turkpea ???

Date sort Score sort
Dany12 said:
Help needed !

This bird is it a turkey or a peacock? or a hybrid turkey / peacock?





https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/935948/inverstigation
Click to expand...
Whoa! It looks like a turkey emu!!! So cute!

I don't have much experience with peafowl... it does kind of resemble a turkey but... not entirely. It has no caruncles (even hens have them), no dewlap and no snood. Eyes are kind of big, ears are kind of small and the beak is a little bit more pointed than a turkey's. The feathers kind of look turkey-ish... though it looks like its molting. What a neat bird you have there!

Did it just wander in or where did it come from?

Have you posted these pictures anywhere else in the forum? Maybe someone in the peafowl section would know??
 
The bird is not mine!
Susane (Northern CA) bought as a peacock from a peacock breeder who has no turkeys! ..... All this things ... it's a mystery!
I know .... no caruncles , .... no dewlap and no snood.
The color totally blue it's unusual .... they use to be ping/red ! and with bristles!

It would be nice to do a test .... move it away from its "brothers" and if the calls are like that sound record ..... it's a turkey!
http://www.xeno-canto.org/144482
 
Dany12 said:
The bird is not mine!
Susane (Northern CA) bought as a peacock from a peacock breeder who has no turkeys! ..... All this things ... it's a mystery!
I know .... no caruncles , .... no dewlap and no snood.
The color totally blue it's unusual .... they use to be ping/red ! and with bristles!

It would be nice to do a test .... move it away from its "brothers" and if the calls are like that sound record ..... it's a turkey!
http://www.xeno-canto.org/144482
Click to expand...
Does she have guineas?

-Kathy
 
Ask if she has guineas. I house turkey hens with mature peacocks, have seen them mate and none of their eggs were fertile.

-Kathy
 

Similar threads

CatWhisperer
Which turkeys will fit thru an automatic chicken door
Replies
3
Views
828
R2elk
R2elk
klb25
Turkey raising chicks??
Replies
3
Views
268
No Coop No Problem
No Coop No Problem
Treid98
Help Needed!!!
Replies
7
Views
394
R2elk
R2elk
N
Question on turkey feeds?
Replies
2
Views
626
Molpet
Molpet
F
    • Like
Does anyone have turkeys from a hatchery?
2
Replies
10
Views
2K
Cimmaron
Cimmaron

New posts New threads Active threads

Back
Top Bottom