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I'm just getting into breeding heritage turkeys. We have 5 Naragansets and 4 Eastern Wilds right now. I'm looking for a really good book about heritage turkeys that focuses on natural methods and products. Any suggestions out there?

"My glw hens i got as chicks april 15,2015 and not one has laided an egg yet. Is that normal or are they sterile. They came from meyer hatchery." Pandapaws23, that means they are 9 months old, correct? I also got a some chicks from Meyer Hatchery last April, and they have been laying for some...

We live on Flat Top Mountain, just barely in Mercer County.

Hello everyone! My mixed flock, (made up of mostly Wyandottes) is laying quite well for the time of year, getting into the teens at night here in West Virginia. Most of my hens are around 8 months old, and I do think they are laying more than my older hens. Age certainly does play a factor, as...

Roos!

Yes, that is how my GLW cockerels, (all 5 of them) feathered out. The males where slower to mature than the females, so I wouldn't be concerned as long as he seems active and healthy. The next feature you may notice is that his comb and wattles will become a brighter color than the girls', and...

No, they don't have to molt before getting their coloring. As the feathers grow in, they should be the GLW coloring, although some of mine have changed slightly as they mature. I had one hen who was mostly black until she was about 3 1/2 months old, then she developed a little more gold and now...

A quick follow-up, the black spots seem to be going away on their own.

I have 5 GLW roosters right now, trying to find homes for 4 of them. They have very "individual" personalities. A couple of them are pretty friendly, in fact I was just out in the coop and my "keeper", Russell Crowe, came up to me and let me pet him for a quite a while. On the other hand, I have...

Here is a pic of my Wyandotte chicks, the one in front is a Golden laced, the ones with lighter faces are Silver Laced. I had one chick that was lighter all over, he ended up being my SLW Rooster: And here is today: Hope this is helpful.

I wanted to update this thread. She has gotten much more golden feathering as she is starting to mature a bit, and is really a lovely hen. I'm posting this to encourage anyone with a similarly feathered GLW pullet; I'm learning that the feather patterns do seem to change as they get older.

Two of my roosters have this, and they are being housed in separate places (due to fighting issues). This is the second time we have had this problem, the first being about a month or so ago when the weather was warmer, so I don't suspect frost bite. The last time, my husband caught the...

It is great that he so good with the others, especially young ones. I'm planning on adding to my flock this spring, and am a bit nervous about how my hens and roosters will accept the newcomers.

Maybe the average is actually more like 8 1/2 lbs. for a GLW Rooster? I look forward to seeing how he turns out, so please keep posting pics. I hope you decide to breed him, he looks like a very nice specimen to me.

Wow, that is a lovely rooster. His feathering is awesome. I can't imagine he would grow much more, maybe put on a little weight over time, do you have some way to weigh him? I think the breed average is 7 1/2 pounds for a rooster. So you could weigh him now, and make a little growth chart to see...