A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

[indigo flats]

If I can get him to strut and stand still so I can get a pic. My tom I have in the royal palm pen has a big double beard.

I had another tom in there but this one was strutting and I saw the double so he's getting the honors this spring.

But I have seen the beard trimming behavior from a bourbon hen in the adjacent pen. If he struts next to fence where she can reach it she nibbles some off. Guess she likes well groomed.

Exciting,if you get a picture I am looking forward to seeing it.

 

[OneMountainAcres]

These crazy little turkey poults are serious strutters! Every time I reach in there, they start taking turns strutting lol. I have a good feeling about this group. I'm pretty certain that Adam's replacement is in there

 

[JRNash]

I can't wait until the little bugeyed fuzzballs start hatching

 

[JRNash]

Was talking and laughing with the DW last night. When I snuck the RPs into the brooder I made it a little over a week before my son let the cat out of the bag. She was telling him how weird the NEW chicks looked,that's when he told her they were Turkeys

 

[JRNash]

Fixing to go out and check for more eggs. Probably still to early

 

[Finnie]

Was talking and laughing with the DW last night. When I snuck the RPs into the brooder I made it a little over a week before my son let the cat out of the bag. She was telling him how weird the NEW chicks looked,that's when he told her they were Turkeys

 

[rjohns39]

whiting true blue on the left a royal palm on the right

Well, I'm guessing one of my palms started laying. Are the Turkey eggs the same size as the chicken eggs? My one speckled egg seems to be. It might even be a bit smaller.

 

[JRNash]

No,turkey eggs are considerably larger.
The chicken egg pictured is easily 3 times the normal size

 

[Bantambird]

During baking, I use 2 turkey eggs for every 3 chicken eggs called for

 

[rjohns39]

No,turkey eggs are considerably larger.
The chicken egg pictured is easily 3 times the normal size

ARG!

That is her first egg, hopefully the rest will be larger. This egg is slightly smaller than one of my leghorn's eggs. Clearly neither a maran or leghorn egg as its identical to yours on the right.

Here's a pic of them...


The brown is Maran and the whites are leghorn... Then there's the speckle...