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    Royal Palm and the Standard of Perfection

    Quote: I was just searching some information when this post came up. I thought you would like to read what Frank Reese said about the double rainbow in the palms tail. http://poultrybookstore.blogspot.com/2010/01/royal-palm-turkeys.html Looks like people are not breeding them to the APA...
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    mating ratio

    I find it sad. Nothing to be proud of here.
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    mating ratio

    Quote: What are your plans with your turkeys? Are you breeding them to eat? In that case it might not make much of a difference. Inbreeding is the breeding of Father to daughter, Mother to sons, or siblings together. Inbreeding depression is why most people do not inbreed poultry. If you have...
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    January-February Poult Availability?

    Broad Breasted turkeys are a Hybrid turkey.
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    Why Mix the breeds

    I follow the history of many breeds. Most every breed came from a cross not pure stock. Midget white for example where bred from a cross of a Broad Breasted White and a Royal Palm. From the mid ’70s on, selection pressure was maintained to fix tom body weight to about 13 pounds and hens at about...
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    Eggs or poults???

    Last year I bought eggs from different people. I put half under broody hens and half in my incubator. Out of 5 dozen eggs, I got 3 poults. 90% never even started to develop. I think they were damaged in the mail because there air cells where broken and they looked scrambled when you broke them...
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    Need Midget White turkeys ASAP

    Quote: She (sorry, should have said) is wanting to show one of them and sell the rest of her birds as adult birds. I am going to put a couple in with hers for a taste test as have heard many good things about their taste. The pen is 15ft by 15ft and is covered with a lovely lean to for them...
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    what breed?

    I am in to conservation. I believe the Midget White and the Beltsville White is two breeds distinct breeds and should be managed separately. When breeding Midget White turkeys, care should be taken in the selection of breeding stock to retain the small size of the breed. I will continue to...
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    what breed?

    Quote: Midget White toms are about 20 pounds and the hens around 12 pounds. Steve My experience is they are not that big. I do breed to the standards. The standards for a midget white should be 13.8 for a tom and 8.2 for a hen. See page 16 from the ALBC...
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    Turkey processing

    Quote: How big are these Steve? Do you fish?
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    what breed?

    I love the midget whites for a small meal. They are like the cornish game hens of the turkeys. About the size of a large chicken only you raise them a year or more. For a family gathering like Thanksgiving go for the biggest heritage turkey. They are still small as turkeys go, compared to your...
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    What age to butcher turkeys

    Unfortunately, there is a recall on both the starter and the grow or I would be the first to tell you where you could get it.
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    What age to butcher turkeys

    I am sure most people do not have a $8 difference in price for their grower feed compared to their starter.
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    First time with Turkeys, Tom weighs 46 pounds dressed!!

    Some of my favorite Thanksgivings we took our turkey and grill to the lake and cooked it there. I met alot of others at the lake that where gilling other meats and side dishes. I think we where the only turkey. We all shared and reminded me of the first Thanksgiving.
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    What age to butcher turkeys

    There is less than a $1 difference in Turkey starter (28%) and grower (20%) here. I just keep them on starter because in the long run it is cheaper. I also have poults hatching 8 months out of the year. I keep them all together, so I feed them the same.
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    First time with Turkeys, Tom weighs 46 pounds dressed!!

    Quote: I cooked a big one before. It was not that pan that was hard to find to fit. It was a oven tall enough to fit that big boy in. I think I would butterfly that bird.
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    Need to purchase turkeys; help, I cant find any

    Go to your local feed stores and ask if they know of any breeders in your area. Leave your phone number with them to call you. Maybe even your 4 H group might have a contact for you. Is there a processor in your area? They usually give me the phone numbers to breeders of whatever I am looking...
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    What age to butcher turkeys

    Most people mistake with BB turkeys is waiting to long to butcher them. If you notice even the stores do not have any large turkeys like they use to have when I was a kid. It is not cost efficient to grow them that big and then they make no profit. June seems to be the latest that you can buy BB...
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    Anyone else have midget whites?

    I have gotten eggs and poults from different people in the past. I think Sandhill has the best MW. Order early, they sell out fast.
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    What to grow for free range turkeys?

    You can buy seed made for wild turkeys. They love clover, alfalfa, peas and chufas. Its very high protein. Do a search for turkey plots, or turkey pasture seed.
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