Those are not Bronze turkeys. They look like mottled blacks which are a heritage turkey and are not broad breasted.Hi everyone!! Im new to the website but already have questionsa while ago me and my dad went on bought 8 turkeys at a Russels feed store for $10 a poult. And on the sign it said bronze turkey not standard nor broad breasted. And now they are around 10-15 weeks old, but im really scared that their broad breasted and i want standards. If yall can tell i would love to hear that their standards.
Could be the lack of hue/contrast in the shots so that the bronze coloration could well look black on some displays. However, the legs/coloration don't appear to be BB and, more importantly, if the feed store was charging $10 a poult for BB's, someone got taken for a ride. Judging from the shots, think they are heritage but doubt they are any kind of "Standard". As was mentioned in Feedman 77's post: Age&wt. would help clarify the matter. Call the Feed store and find out what hatchery provided the poults, then check the hatchery website for pics. More often than not, feed stores tend to sell "eating birds" - but $10 per head seems unusual for that (coloration would certainly be from a line I've not seen before). For comparison: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/156263/fs-standard-bronze-turkey-eggs-virginia-sold Black Mottled (one variant):
The hens are around 3 to 5 pounds each and the toms are around 10lbs. All are approximately (i think) 12 or 13 weeks old.
