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Personally, I've met a few people that are more likely to drown looking up at the rain !

I believe this was in jest.

Front, straight on.

The angle of your photos isn't telling me exactly what I want to see, but look at leg position and their gait. Broad-breasted toms and hens both have legs that are stout and look like they go straight down from the body. Standards have legs that angle towards the center and a more "graceful"...

I always keep the best two. If you keep only one and kill off the others, without fail, something happens to your #1breeder before next spring and your left scrambling to find another gobbler. At least that's been my experience! Besides, after the #1 Tom has done his job and your up to your...

Looks like Fowl Pox to me. The birds can have varying degrees of scabbing. Some have very little , while others can look horrible. Not much you can do with fowl pox once they have it other than let it run its course. Here is a link to some more info. Good Luck...

I band all my young birds with plastic "zip" cable ties. A different color for each variety. Small 4 inch ties for the day olds and work up in size and width as they mature. Leave some room for them to grow into and don't make them tight, only so they don't slide over the foot. Trim the excess...

Turkey color genetics is a bit more complicated than most realize, but I can give you a general idea of what to expect. I'm no authority by any means, but your RP hen is most likely laying eggs fertilized by the wild tom. Hens dictate the mating and will be receptive to the tom when they are...

They are both males. And I would call them" bronzes".....If I remember correctly, GA is one of the states where it is illegal to keep eastern wilds.

I would say it is "probably" a wild turkey, most likely from the Merriam subspecies, common in your state of Washington. Now, being she is very tame or approachable suggests either she was hand raised or is a cross with a domestic bronze variety. As Frosty says, not broad breasted. Sort of...

All hatcheries that I've seen do not ship turkey poults to Virginia, as well as a half dozen other states, due to very strict health requirements. Where in Virginia are you located? I may be able to help.

Broad-breasted Bronze hen. No if's and's or but's.

He may have some Rio in him, but I would bet he is a standard bronze that carries the red gene, thus making him a Red Bronze. Look at his secondary and tertiary flight feathers. They have a peppering pattern rather than distinct bars. Typical of the red bronzes I've raised. Do you know what his...

IOver the many years I've raised turkeys, I had both friendly Toms and hens. Some mean ones too. Personality does not determine sex of the bird, not that I've ever noticed in my experience. Young toms, called Jakes, usually don't have as pronounced a snood (the long piece) as an older bird...

Sylverfly, your bird is 100% male. Anyone who tells you it is a hen is either pulling your leg or doesn't know how to sex a turkey. At this age, all the plumage characteristics of a tom are evident. The dark barring on the breast, wing coverts and sides,and the pronounced snood and...

At the time the post was made I was generalizing. I know " Afghan Whitewing" basically groups the whitewing subspecies. I raise several of the subspecies and know the differences. I guess since your first posts on this site where you came across as "I got me some thar fancy chickens.....etc...

When comparing pheasants by photographs, you have to keep in mind the lighting in which the bird was shot. The photo I posted, though not the best, was taken in strong light with contrasting shadows. Birds with irridescent plumage such as pheasants can and will look very different depending on...