What breed is this tom

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All of the Narragansetts that I have seen normally have an almost silvery-white appearance at the tips of their feathers. After looking over the American Poultry Association's "Standard of Perfection" and The Livestock Conservancy, I would definably call him a poorly colored Bronze or a Bronze mix.

They have good pictures of both breeds (the Bronze picture could be a little better though)
http://www.livestockconservancy.org/index.php/heritage/internal/narragansett
http://www.livestockconservancy.org/index.php/heritage/internal/bronze

I am a little cautious about writing the standard out for both breeds for you because I know you can get in pretty big trouble for doing that, but if you know someone with a standard, possibly look into it there.

Another good fact to point out, is to not go with what Google says. When I Googled "Broad Breasted White", on the first five pages alone, there was 3 Royal Palm pictures, many pictures of Bronzes, one picture of a Blue Slate and a few pictures of Narragansetts. Heck, there was even a few wild turkey pictures. Google can be your friend, but it can also cause confusion.
 
Thank you very much and I know what a Narragansetts supposed to look like and I have my own bronze Ridleys to be exact.and yes I know Google can be confusing I was just stating that I think it Carrys the nary gene cause of some of the pictures there of other breeds that look like mine like the golden phenoix is almost identical! But thanks none the less for your time
 
Also the golden Narragansett or the red bronze look close so I think theirs a red gene bronze gene and a nary gene but that's my guess now that I've done a little more research and body else got any ideas as what's all in it?
 
hannt93 said:
Also the golden Narragansett or the red bronze look close so I think theirs a red gene bronze gene and a nary gene but that's my guess now that I've done a little more research and body else got any ideas as what's all in it?
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The wing coverts on the Golden Narragansett are still the silvery color which your tom does not possess. The wing coverts on the Red Bronze are a deep reddish color. The wing coverts on your turkey are dark brown to an almost blackish color.
hannt93 said:
Thank you very much and I know what a Narragansetts supposed to look like and I have my own bronze Ridleys to be exact.and yes I know Google can be confusing I was just stating that I think it Carrys the nary gene cause of some of the pictures there of other breeds that look like mine like the golden phenoix is almost identical! But thanks none the less for your time
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Looking at the primary flight feathers of the Golden Phoenix, they are completely different. Your's has bands of white while their's are black.
 

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