Thinking of crossing? How would they look?

John Roth

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The past few years I'm just had eastern bronzes, my neighbor has Bourbons and Royals. Before I ask him if I can borrow one to breed for a bit. What would a Bourbon crossed with a Eastern Bronze, or a Royal crossed with bronz look like? Please send pics!!:)
 
The past few years I'm just had eastern bronzes, my neighbor has Bourbons and Royals. Before I ask him if I can borrow one to breed for a bit. What would a Bourbon crossed with a Eastern Bronze, or a Royal crossed with bronze look like? Please send pics!!
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I am making the assumption that you intend to borrow a tom that is either a Bourbon Red or a Royal Palm. According to the Turkey Color Calculator on Porter's site, crossing a Bourbon Red tom on a Bronze hen will produce all Red Bronze offspring.

Crossing a Royal Palm tom on a Bronze hen will produce 50% Bronze Semi-Color Semi-Gray toms and 50% Narragansett Semi-Color Semi-Gray hens.
 
I've been mixing mine a bit too, first generation crosses are a bit boring, the bronze color will dominate, it's second and third that starts to throw funky colors. I would cross with the palm, you'll start getting mottled colors I think.


The ones behind are my crosses
 
I would think it would throw flashier crosses with the white showing through, where the bourbon would make more solid color combination. It depends what you want to look at, size is the same, depends on your tastes in turkey color, pun intended.


Here is a side shot, they are a bit ratty from molting
 
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Go to the Porters Turkey site. He's got pics of a ton of different breeds. He also has this "calculator " thing where you put in the type of turkeys bred & it tells you what the cross could produce.
 
Do any of you guys know of a good hatchery to purchase turkeys where you don't have to purchase 20 as the minimum?
 

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