A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

[holm25]

Ralph also look for hens with breast that keel down aways and wide but not overly wide for breeding purposes. If u evrr show u will want birds with theses traits. U want the breast to be even all the way down to the keel.

 

[memphis]

Ralph...you ought to get some Bourbon Red eggs to hatch this spring. You can be breeding the Red girls this time next year! To JJ or Sidekick. Unless you can find a mature Bourbon Red. They are pretty common here....but maybe because I can spit to Kentucky.


Holm...draw a picture....

 

[Turkey parents]

Never did figure it out, we suspect heart attack but without knowing more about what to look for it's pointless to open him up

 

[OneMountainAcres]

My girls must be protesting the cold. There hasn't been a single egg today. They did want cuddled though. Pebbles and Sweet Pea were both pushed up against me for hugs and probably to keep warm.

 

[duluthralphie]

I understand turkeyParents.


I am going to look for a bourbon red. I will put my best man on it...Holms get too it!


I sure wish I knew how fertile JJ is. If I could use him longer I would.

My wife asked me how many more "breeding coops" I needed to make... I avoided answering her. If she knew it would not be pretty.

I might breed Porter beings I have to hold him for a while for Coffee.


Also,, ( trumpets blowing) I think I have found a home for Ginger. An old guy and If I call him old you know he must be really old, called me and wants a turkey tom for a pet. I told him about Ginger and how he could not breed him due to the eye problems. He said sounds perfect for me, I am an old bachelor with lots of medical problems myself so we should get along great.

He has a couple geese, chicken and peacocks for Ginger to hang out with, He said he will be here to get him in a couple weeks. SO Ginger's head is safe for now.

 

[holm25]

I understand turkeyParents.


I am going to look for a bourbon red. I will put my best man on it...Holms  get too it!


I sure wish I knew how fertile JJ is.  If I could use him longer I would.

My wife asked me how many more "breeding coops" I needed to make... I avoided answering her.  If she knew it would not be pretty.

I might breed Porter beings I have to hold him for a while for Coffee.


Also,, ( trumpets blowing)  I think I have found a home for Ginger. An old guy and If I call him old you know he must be really old, called me and wants a turkey tom for a pet.  I told him about Ginger and how he could not breed him due to the eye problems. He said sounds perfect for me, I am an old bachelor with lots of medical problems myself so we should get along great.

He has a couple geese, chicken and peacocks for Ginger to hang out with,  He said he will be here to get him in a couple weeks. SO Ginger's head is safe for now.

Good for him!!

 

[duluthralphie]

What I said is that Porter keeps his breeding toms until they are 3 or 4 years old. Others have said that their fertility goes down after that, I did not. My current tom was giving me 50% fertility at the end of his age 3 breeding season. In my opinion it had nothing to do with the fertility of his semen and all to do with him just playing around on the backs of the hens and never getting around to actually breeding them. To me it doesn't matter which is the reason as he will not be given an age 4 breeding season. I have had other toms in the past who were good and fertile well after their age 4 breeding season.

The best way to get a Rusty Slate tom this year is to get a Bourbon Red hen and breed her to Sidekick. A mating between a Self Blue and a Bourbon Red will produce 100% Rusty Slate poults and will introduce fresh blood into your flock.

I did not mean to imply you said it was gospel or anything, I just meant you mentioned it here, and like always I forgot where you said you heard it. I am lucky I retained the one little factoid in the conversation at my advanced age.


BTW see above Holms is searching for a quality Bourbon Red for me as we speak.

 

[holm25]

The second I saw the post earlier I was looking for u and I foind a few but they were toms.

 

[R2elk]

The second I saw the post earlier I was looking for u and I found a few but they were toms.

While Ralphie does want a hen, he does have Self Blue hens that he could breed to a Bourbon Red tom or maybe you could get creative and get semen from a Bourbon Red tom and use artificial insemination on one of his Self Blue hens. Either way it will create 100% Rusty Slate poults.

 

[holm25]

While Ralphie does want a hen, he does have Self Blue hens that he could breed to a Bourbon Red tom or maybe you could creative and get semen from a Bourbon Red tom and use artificial insemination on one of his Self Blue hens.  Either way it will create 100% Rusty Slate poults.

I think he wants hens only.