A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

[duluthralphie]

Speaking of legbars....why can't both comb styles be acceptable? Maybe comb size is not as important as the crest size. With my breed of dog our standard says that height is between 18-23 inches, but "quality" not to be sacrificed for size, meaning size isn't as important as other things.

The SOP has a limit on the crest so it cannot limit vision,,,that is a pretty small far back comb then...to me, people want the crest more than the comb.

Buyers constantly want the one with the big comb,,I have never had one say " give me the one with the big crest.

Take away the crest, give it a huge floppy comb,and you have a legbar.

 

[duluthralphie]

Ralph...you & Holm could hop on a plane. Get an under the seat crate & bring a few birds. Buckeye folks are holding their National meet there. I have a van. I can pick you guys up at the airport.

The timing is bad,it's a week before a big show here..

 

[memphis]

Interesting about the comb.

I wish we could get a group to meet up in Ohio. I want to see all 5500 birds!! The noise alone!!

Will you show any turkeys this year?

 

[memphis]

The new young man in our neighborhood came down last evening to visit Daisy. He met my 6 year old neighbor...the one who invited Daisy to her birthday party....my gosh was that cute. Two kids discussing turkeys like a couple of little experts.

 

[Finnie]

My guess is that your Bourbon Red tom is carrying the Black Winged Bronze gene (b1). I suspect that what you are looking at is the Bourbon Red tom (bb1 rr) mixed with the Blue Palm (b1b1 cgcg Dd n-) which produced Blue Red Bronze (bb1 Ccg Dd Nn Rr), Harvest Gold (b1b1 Ccg dd Nn Rr), Red Bronze (bb1 Ccg dd Nn Rr) and Regal Blue Red Bronze (b1b1 Ccg Dd Nn Rr). These color genes are for the males. The females would not have the Narragansett gene at all and would be (N-). I believe that you do have some Harvest Gold turkeys and I believe that your Blue Red Bronzes with the different wing patterns are the Regal Blue Red Bronzes. This would indicate that it is indeed the Black Winged Bronze color gene (b1) causing the difference in the wing color pattern.

Thank you very much! I understand everything you wrote, and I'm very grateful to have you spell it out for me, and tell me your opinion. When I asked on the Turkey Genetics 101 page on FB, I got very little response, and what I got was a bit conflicting.

Since my ultimate goal is Sweetgrass (b1b1 cgcg) with and without the r and the D, then I think I will change my preference from the regular looking poults to the black wing ones. It makes it a lot easier for me to let go of a couple of the regular looking ones because I was really having a hard time deciding.

@duluthralphie who is this lady that keeps appearing in your avatars?

 

[Finnie]

Regal Blue Red Bronze (b1b1 Ccg Dd Nn Rr).
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So they are calling that Regal Blue Red Bronze? I was trying to think how to say it, and I came up with Blue Red Blackwing Bronze. Sounds like a bruise! Black and blue and red all over.

Regal instead of blackwing is a lot easier.

 

[duluthralphie]

Thank you very much! I understand everything you wrote, and I'm very grateful to have you spell it out for me, and tell me your opinion. When I asked on the Turkey Genetics 101 page on FB, I got very little response, and what I got was a bit conflicting.

Since my ultimate goal is Sweetgrass (b1b1 cgcg) with and without the r and the D, then I think I will change my preference from the regular looking poults to the black wing ones. It makes it a lot easier for me to let go of a couple of the regular looking ones because I was really having a hard time deciding.

@duluthralphie who is this lady that keeps appearing in your avatars?

that is my next wife......I love her bank account and voice when singing,,,her speaking voice is not so good,,,,,

btw my current wife is fighting to keep me...however her bank accounts are about 350 million short right now....

 

[BantyChooks]

that is my next wife......I love her bank account and voice when singing,,,her speaking voice is not so good,,,,,

btw my current wife is fighting to keep me...however her bank accounts are about 350 million short right now....

As her best friend and cousin, I'll set you up with her for 250 of those million....

 

[Bantambird]

that is my next wife......I love her bank account and voice when singing,,,her speaking voice is not so good,,,,,

btw my current wife is fighting to keep me...however her bank accounts are about 350 million short right now....

Your current wife is about as tolerant of a person as you will find in dealing with shenanigans like yours, Ralphie. The thing about rich women? They come with prenups. Plus, your wife is better looking than you are....





Lol

 

[BantyChooks]

Your current wife is about as tolerant of a person as you will find in dealing with shenanigans like yours, Ralphie. The thing about rich women? They come with prenups. Plus, your wife is better looking than you are....





Lol

Anyone is better looking than he is...