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    Beltsville Small White Turkey

    I've come across a few people in MD. Some have true BSWS, another person pseudo BSWs (Midget Whites) who did not write back to me after I informed him. Be sure to ask them where they got their stock from. Ironically ~7 years ago, some MW flock from UW-Madison went to Beltsville for research, but...
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    Beltsville Small White Turkey

    Ya, JRyan summed it all up very well. Several hatcheries, breeders and owners out there actually have Midget Whites thinking they are Beltsville Whites. Many are well known. This has further threatened the BSW to extinction. Jerry Poole in IL has pure BSW (Albertsen line) since ~2000 and has...
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    Beltsville Small White Turkey

    A reader alerted me to your post. I only check the BSW thread a couple times a year. Don't worry, you are not the only victim or person fooled by this dirty little secret. In 1998 Paula Johnson and SPPA did a rare turkey census. They determined the BSWs listed by hatcheries were actually...
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    Beltsville Small White Turkey

    Hi, Thanks for the update. Eggs from Jerry in the past couple years are likely Albertsen x Ontario. Glenis and I prepared a BSW article and hope to publish in the near future. Brian
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    Beltsville Small White Turkey

    That's another point. I considered a DNA ID project. Most to all birds out there are not paper pedigreed. I have another option I've wanted to do for several years, I better get it going. People calling any small white turkey a "Beltsville". And the "Beltsville" term became generic for...
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    Beltsville Small White Turkey

    Hello All, Re.: True Beltsville Small White Turkeys I only check this site once a year. Glad to see a lot of recent interest in the BSW. Spotted my name a few times. I'll keep this short and avoid my long rant and smearing people too much, tho many were misinformed victims themselves...
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    ChickDoc in Nor Cal

    Hello, I am in Contra Costa County, CA Over 30 different breeds of chickens over the years. Especially like rare breeds of poultry, rabbits and other farm animals. I'm a geneticist and like doing various crosses and novel breed development. For several years, I've been refining my line of...
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