That's another point.
I considered a DNA ID project.
Most to all birds out there are not paper pedigreed.
I have another option I've wanted to do for several years, I better get it going.
People calling any small white turkey a "Beltsville". And the "Beltsville" term became generic for smaller white.
Also, This was and I assume still is so people can enter them in the Beltsville class at turkey shows.
The White Holland (a standard size bird, essentially a sport originating from a standard bronze, and larger than the BSW) already has its own class.
Again, ask people where they got their birds from.
If they can't or won't tell you, then you are gambling.
Some people may have true Beltsvilles and intentionally not want to tell you which famous breeder they got them from.
Because they fear you will not buy from them, but will go to the original source, which is probably a good idea.
When I was doing some investigations 11 years ago.
About half would reply. I'd ask them the important questions and where they got them from.
Most I determined did not have true Beltsvilles.
And half did not write back after I informed them.
I even offered or arranged Ames stock to some of them at little or no cost.
Some were very highly recognized people in the turkey breeding and judging field.
Many I learned did not take me up on this offer, some continued selling their MWs under the BSW name.
BT
I considered a DNA ID project.
Most to all birds out there are not paper pedigreed.
I have another option I've wanted to do for several years, I better get it going.
People calling any small white turkey a "Beltsville". And the "Beltsville" term became generic for smaller white.
Also, This was and I assume still is so people can enter them in the Beltsville class at turkey shows.
The White Holland (a standard size bird, essentially a sport originating from a standard bronze, and larger than the BSW) already has its own class.
Again, ask people where they got their birds from.
If they can't or won't tell you, then you are gambling.
Some people may have true Beltsvilles and intentionally not want to tell you which famous breeder they got them from.
Because they fear you will not buy from them, but will go to the original source, which is probably a good idea.
When I was doing some investigations 11 years ago.
About half would reply. I'd ask them the important questions and where they got them from.
Most I determined did not have true Beltsvilles.
And half did not write back after I informed them.
I even offered or arranged Ames stock to some of them at little or no cost.
Some were very highly recognized people in the turkey breeding and judging field.
Many I learned did not take me up on this offer, some continued selling their MWs under the BSW name.
BT
