A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

[OneMountainAcres]

She's cleaning her tail feathers. Crazy patterned feathers!! Doesn't she look like a girl? Tell me looks like a girl!!

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She's definitely beautiful!

 

[aliciaplus3]

Ok this week is our county fair..... and my Dds took a few turkeys and dux.

dd got a 1st on her single youn hen and her heritage pair with the reserve best of breed overall. She also took reserve champion with her snoodless boys in a meat pen aginst broad breasted competition, very excited for her!

for the dux my other dd took both grand and reserve champion for meat dux!

Clapper training

and a dux Clapper just for ralphie.... all in all s good week so far. The girls will complete their week on Saturday with the livestock auction, they both will have the chance to sell a pen of birds and hopeful pay for their projects.

 

[Sara L]

Ok this week is our county fair..... and my Dds took a few turkeys and dux.View attachment 1854136 View attachment 1854137 dd got a 1st on her single youn hen and her heritage pair with the reserve best of breed overall. She also took reserve champion with her snoodless boys in a meat pen aginst broad breasted competition, very excited for her! View attachment 1854138 for the dux my other dd took both grand and reserve champion for meat dux! View attachment 1854139 Clapper trainingView attachment 1854140 and a dux Clapper just for ralphie.... all in all s good week so far. The girls will complete their week on Saturday with the livestock auction, they both will have the chance to sell a pen of birds and hopeful pay for their projects.

That is fantastic!! Congratulations to them both! I hope their auctions go well

 

[duluthralphie]

Ok this week is our county fair..... and my Dds took a few turkeys and dux.View attachment 1854136 View attachment 1854137 dd got a 1st on her single youn hen and her heritage pair with the reserve best of breed overall. She also took reserve champion with her snoodless boys in a meat pen aginst broad breasted competition, very excited for her! View attachment 1854138 for the dux my other dd took both grand and reserve champion for meat dux! View attachment 1854139 Clapper trainingView attachment 1854140 and a dux Clapper just for ralphie.... all in all s good week so far. The girls will complete their week on Saturday with the livestock auction, they both will have the chance to sell a pen of birds and hopeful pay for their projects.

 

[memphis]

Wow Alicia! The girls did GREAT!! They are too cute! Nice to see the heritage birds do well against the BB! Tell them Good Luck on Saturday!

 

[memphis]

Daisy has lost her mind! You should see her flying around the yard! It's got to be the cooler weather. It's just funny seeing her act like a pidgeon! I was trying to get a shot of her flying...but darn it...all I get is an out of frame blue smudge!

 

[R2elk]

@memphis
Sweetgrass hen at 8 weeks old.

Sweetgrass tom at 8 weeks old

Notice how much bigger his wattle is than hers. He is much redder but it is the whole head, not in patches. Side by side he is bigger and has heavier legs than she has.

Just because your Tri-Color Mottled Black is bigger than your Penciled poult does not mean that it is a male. Its is not uncommon for the Mottleds to be bigger than Palms. I had a Mottled Slate hen that was every bit as big as the Slate jakes while they were growing up. They did not get bigger than until they were 6 months old. Palms tend to be smaller than other varieties at all stages.

 

[memphis]

Dang it R2elk....and I thought I had it all figured out! LOL! Although the mottled does have more waddle and snood! Those sweetgrass are beautiful by the way!!

 

[Flashpoint]

3 of the four this morning

But I do have a question. When my sister bought these eggs, the seller said there may be a blue slate egg or two mixed in. One of the eggs even had a gray feather attached (and I saved it). What are the chances that one of these could be a blue slate? Cause I swear at least one of these has some gray down feathers. I thought the blue slates came as poults from light gray to black - but maybe not? This one sure looks more yellow than gray to me.

Edited to add: The last pic is an enlargement of a stock photo of blue slates found online.

 

[R2elk]

3 of the four this morning

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But I do have a question. When my sister bought these eggs, the seller said there may be a blue slate egg or two mixed in. One of the eggs even had a gray feather attached (and I saved it). What are the chances that one of these could be a blue slate? Cause I swear at least one of these has some gray down feathers. I thought the blue slates came as poults from light gray to black - but maybe not? This one sure looks more yellow than gray to me.

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Edited to add: The last pic is an enlargement of a stock photo of blue slates found online.

The last picture is a Self Blue (aka Lavender). You can see the white face mask associated with the black color gene.

The three that you have hatched are white and are not slates.