Anyone else have midget whites?

Just posting so I can follow this thread if it gets active again. I just ordered hatchings eggs and anticipate delivery late April.
I've read that turkeys are less destructive than chickens. If that's the case I may try to move toward the MW for my meat needs.
 
My MW turkey poults get into everything, lol. I bought them at a few days old and raised them with chicks that were hatched by my boss and his fam. I started out with 5 MWs and lost 2 the first night. The place I ordered them from wouldn't stand behind them, either. I bought 3 Royal Palms that were almost a week old from a local gal and they are doing fine. I ended up with 2 MW Toms, 1 MW hen, and I'm pretty sure all 3 RPs are hens. I was hoping for 2 trios . . . All 6 are like little Velociraptors! I've nearly lost fingers and toes to them, lol. They figured out that I usually have treats - I feed mealworms by hand to the chickens but these turkeys go way more nuts for them.
I can't decide if I want to sell one of the Toms or have him processed when he's big enough. I bought them for breeding. I had a gorgeous pair of RPs last year that I sold - regretted it right after the sale but I didn't have the right setup for them for winter.
Does anyone allow their MWs and RPs to crossbreed?
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