Posts by turkaholic

Personally, I've met a few people that are more likely to drown looking up at the rain !

Quote: Originally Posted by jak2002003      Good luck with yours whatever you decided to do.  If you eat it there will be no dark meat!!!!! I believe this was in jest.

Front, straight on.

The angle of your photos isn't telling me exactly what I want to see, but  look at leg position and their gait. Broad-breasted toms and hens both have legs that are stout and look like they go straight down from the body....

I always keep the best two. If you keep only one and kill off the others, without fail, something happens to your #1breeder before next spring and your left scrambling to find another gobbler.   At least that's been my experience!...

Looks like Fowl Pox to me. The birds can have varying degrees of scabbing. Some have very little , while others can look horrible. Not much you can do with fowl pox once they have it other than let it run its course. Here is a link to...

I band all my young birds with plastic "zip" cable ties. A different color for each variety.  Small 4 inch ties for the day olds and work up in size and width as they mature. Leave some room for them to grow into and don't make...

Turkey color genetics is a bit more complicated than most realize, but I can give you a general idea of what to expect. I'm no authority by any means, but your RP hen is most likely laying eggs fertilized by the wild tom. Hens dictate...

They are both males. And I would call them" bronzes".....If I remember correctly, GA is one of the states where it is illegal to keep eastern wilds.

I would say it is "probably"  a wild turkey, most likely from the Merriam subspecies, common in your state of Washington.  Now, being she is very tame or approachable suggests either she was hand raised or is a cross...