I've had Narragansett hen a few years now, and love their color. It took me 3 years to find a tom for them. DH and I brought this boy home Sunday, and today I saw him treading one of the hens.
The only breed I'm having trouble locating is standard Narragansett. I have 5 hens and can't find a tom for them. Last summer I could have traded a flock of 9 Light Brahma chickens for a flock of 7 breeding age Palms, and my DH talked me out of it. I was out of pen space and he wasn't ready to...
I swapped a young white tom for these two turkeys yesterday. Keeping them separate but in sight, has caused a lot of noise this morning , but it is very entertaining watching them interact through the fence.
I lost a year old hen, she was half game half EE . She laid pretty green eggs, but last month her eggs started floating, even the day she laid them. When they were cracked open they had very little white in them, a normal yoke and lots of air. The shells were normal and smooth, with no cracks...
I've had my Buff Orpingtons for about five years. This year I've gotten 4 or 5 chicks with discolored feathers. Any ideas why?
They have not been crossed with anything since I've had them.
I think your hen is normal, but attitude varies between birds. My hens like to get in between the boys when they spare. One of my girls hates splash old English game roosters, and will chase them.I have a tom who climbs in my lamp for petting, if his feet are clean and I let him.
They look healthy to me. They have the smallest dewlaps I have ever seen, on turkeys that age though.
edit to add: I have seen small dewlaps on wild turkey pictures.