A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

[JRNash]

 

[JRNash]

Bug Eyed Babies..... Also known as Thanksgiving and Christmas DINNER

 

[JRNash]

I can see upgrading my BYC membership SOON. ALL these pop up ads are extremely AGGRAVATING

 

[OneMountainAcres]

I can see upgrading my BYC membership SOON. ALL these pop up ads are extremely AGGRAVATING

I'm on mobile so I haven't had to deal with any pop up ads yet. I feel sure I'll be seeing what you mean once I log in on the computer though. I hate pop ups.

 

[JRNash]

I'm on my cell phone,the adds take up too much of the screen!!

 

[JRNash]

Every time one pops up my screen moves,at about the time I'm trying to post. Then it takes me to that site!!!

 

[Bantambird]

I don't have plans to breed the crosses, only to eat them, but it is interesting that these could produce so many varieties. I suppose it is because burbon reds and royal palms are so gosh darned different from each other!

 

[BullChick]

I'm on my cell phone,the adds take up too much of the screen!!

I rarely get them. Perhaps it was a fluke that I got them while they were still setting up the site.
I see how trying to post when an ad suddenly popped up would be aggravating.

 

[R2elk]

I don't have plans to breed the crosses, only to eat them, but it is interesting that these could produce so many varieties. I suppose it is because burbon reds and royal palms are so gosh darned different from each other!

You are correct. Just based on the color genes, they have 4 different heterozygous color pairs.

tom bb1 Ccg dd EE Nn Rr SlSl SpSp PnPn

hen bb1 Ccg dd EE N- Rr SlSl SpSp PnPn

Based on body types, they have even more heterozygous genes. They should have really good hybrid vigor. When I was crossing a Blue Slate tom with Royal Palm hens, one of the differences that I noticed was that the crosses grew faster and got bigger than the pure birds did.

 

[Finnie]

I don't have plans to breed the crosses, only to eat them, but it is interesting that these could produce so many varieties. I suppose it is because burbon reds and royal palms are so gosh darned different from each other!

You are correct. Just based on the color genes, they have 4 different heterozygous color pairs.

tom bb1 Ccg dd EE Nn Rr SlSl SpSp PnPn

hen bb1 Ccg dd EE N- Rr SlSl SpSp PnPn

Based on body types, they have even more heterozygous genes. They should have really good hybrid vigor. When I was crossing a Blue Slate tom with Royal Palm hens, one of the differences that I noticed was that the crosses grew faster and got bigger than the pure birds did.

That is what my 5 poults are, with the added blue (d) gene since Swan is a blue palm. (And Cinnamon was a bourbon red.)

I do intend to inbreed mine, because I figure they have good hybrid vigor from the parents having been outcrossed. So one generation of inbreeding should not be a problem. When I plugged them into the calculator, the list of possible outcomes was ridiculously long!

With my new tom, if he is truly some kind of Phoenix, it adds even more possibilities. Of course, then there will be no good way to ID them at hatch, so I will just have to sell the poults as mixed breeds. I don't think people will care. Any kind of heritage turkey seems popular around here.