A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

[R2elk]

Just placed my last 7 incubator eggs in hatcher, they are some Fall Fire x Sweetgrass cross. Wanting a few more Fall Fire for breeding next year. 3 broodies left on eggs, 1 sitting on 12 Fall Fire x Sweetgrass cross, 2 sitting on Black Winged Bronze x Sweetgrass cross. They are supposed to produce Cornish Palms. Never tried this cross before so looking forward to seeing results. Also looking forward to being done with breeding and hatching it's getting to hot and has been alot of work.

I have only ever found one image of a Cornish palm on the Internet. It was a hen and she was stunning. I can only imagine what the toms look like. Too bad they don't breed true.

 

[Huntmaster]

Yes I have only found pic of hen also no toms but yes if they look anything like the pic of hen I saw they will be very nice looking birds. And yes wish they bread true. That's probably y you don't see them.

 

[Huntmaster]

They are supposed to produce Cornish Palms, Sweetgrass, and Black Winged bronze.

 

[turkey girl 0964]

I never knew how high the poults can fly! my 1 month old poults can fly 4.5 ft to the top roost. The bottom one which is for them is about 2 ft of the ground and they only hang out there during the day but at night they want to sleep with the bigs I guess. They are so funny!

 

[Huntmaster]

Yes they can amaze you on how young they can fly. And yes they always seem to try to roost on the highest roost available.

 

[turkey girl 0964]

Yes they can amaze you on how young they can fly. And yes they always seem to try to roost on the highest roost available.

What type of turkeys and how many do you have?

 

[Huntmaster]

What type of turkeys and how many do you have?

I have about 50 adults. 35 to 40 of those I use for breeding. I have 10 different varieties, Sweetgrass, Fall Fire, Red Palms, Tri colored Penciled Palms, Blue Penciled Palms, Red Penciled Palms, Lavender Penciled Palms, Penciled Palms, Black Winged Bronze, Bronze.

 

[Huntmaster]

Forgot 1 so I have 11 different varieties forgot the Royal Palms. Didn't breed any of those this year.

 

[turkey girl 0964]

I have about 50 adults. 35 to 40 of those I use for breeding. I have 10 different varieties, Sweetgrass, Fall Fire, Red Palms, Tri colored Penciled Palms, Blue Penciled Palms, Red Penciled Palms, Lavender Penciled Palms, Penciled Palms, Black Winged Bronze, Bronze.

WOW! That is a lot of turkeys! Do you have them on like a pasture or something? Because you would need GIANT pens for that many turkeys! I only have 11 turkeys and I think that is a lot!

 

[turkey girl 0964]

@R2elk how many do you have?