I have seen numerous white phased wild turkeys over the years in several different areas of southern Illinois. Used to be a sporting goods store in Carterville Illinois and they had a fullbody flying mount of an albino wild gobbler. He was solid white except for the head, waddles, beard...
Charlie...CHILL Dude . I never said my Royal Palm bred the wild hen. I was just wondering. Seems to me that if Tom had been throwing his genes around there would be several of them in the flock.
Our turkeys strayed into the woods by my highline right of way a couple of times last year and...
I heard a wild hen calling to my gobblers from the woods behind my house. She could be the same hen who hatched out the narraggy.
According to Porter Royal palm + Eastern Wild= Narraggy.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm
I snapped this pic of some of the wild turkeys that are hanging around a beanfield down the road. Take note of the white phased hen in the flock. I am wondering if my Royal Palm gobbler got frisky with a wild hen last spring.
The flock was back in the field today with a whole lot more...