A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

[R2elk]

I have a turkey with really small eyes, I think Holm needs her. I am going to have to cull her I am afraid.

The size of her eyes won't affect her table manners. Invite her to dinner.

 

[stephcraig78]

Well I guess I'll just try to pick a tom and see what I get. I have no clue what the genetic makeup is on my hens. Barely sure of their breed. So no idea if they are pure or have dominant or recessive genes. Wish I had a better idea about them. I'll love the little ones no matter what they are genetically!

 

[Molpet]

Well I guess I'll just try to pick a tom and see what I get. I have no clue what the genetic makeup is on my hens. Barely sure of their breed. So no idea if they are pure or have dominant or recessive genes. Wish I had a better idea about them. I'll love the little ones no matter what they are genetically!

porters calculator goes by 'breed' they list the genes to plug in the calculator .. well a lot of the breeds http://www.porterturkeys.com/phenotypesandgenotypes.htm
http://www.porterturkeys.com/turkeycolorcalculator.htm

 

[stephcraig78]

I guess the hard one to figure out is the so called rio grande one. She looks like a basic wild turkey around here. Darker color though. More black than brown.

she was strutting for some reason in this pic but she is now laying eggs so for sure a hen.

 

[stephcraig78]

[/IMG]fairly certain this is a Narragansett.

 

[duluthralphie]

If you mate your Bronze hens to JJ, you have a 12.5% chance of producing some Bronze poults. I believe that is the only mating that can produce more Bronzes for you in the first generation. As a side benefit you have the same percent chance of producing Blue Red Bronze and Red Slates.

Royal Palm - b1b1 cgcg dd nn
Bronze - bb CC dd NN
Blue Slate - BB CC Dd NN
Self Blue - BB CC DD NN
JJ - Bb CC Dd NN Rr

If you had a Narragansett tom, crossing him with the Bronze hens would produce 50% Bronze toms (split to Narragansett) and 50% Narragansett hens.

I was going through my Toms and it kind of looks like the only place I can get that small b I need. So JJ comes to the rescue again.

I could use a black tom but all I would get is barred black, I wonder how many people could tell the difference between a barred black and a black,,,,,( now I sound like a used car salesman)

 

[R2elk]

I guess the hard one to figure out is the so called rio grande one. She looks like a basic wild turkey around here. Darker color though. More black than brown.she was strutting for some reason in this pic but she is now laying eggs so for sure a hen.

Bronze is the color of the wild turkeys for use with the calculator - bb.

 

[R2elk]

fairly certain this is a Narragansett.

Narragansett bb n- for use with the color calculator. The reason for only mentioning a few of the many color genes is because these are the only color genes that are different from the basic color genes showing in the calculator for these particular colors.

 

[holm25]

I have a turkey with really small eyes, I think Holm needs her. I am going to have to cull her I am afraid.

What kind of hen is she? Does she see ok?

 

[duluthralphie]

What kind of hen is she? Does she see ok?

She is a slate, a nice looking one, I think she is a self blue as I recall.

I look at eyes for two reasons. The SOP requires large eyes, there is a possibility her vision could fade as she ages. She is a smaller hen, I really want them a little larger.

I am looking for reasons to cull right now, so my reasons are getting a tad picky.

I think she sees fine.