Bourbon red poults. Why do some have spots on the head?

[R2elk]

What could it be? Thee mom looks sorta like the Jersey buff turkey?

I agree. It could be a Bourbon Buff (bb n- rr) which would have a single Narragansett gene. There are other possibilities which can involve the black winged bronze gene and even the brown gene.

I doubt that it is a Jersey Buff since that is a black based turkey (BB rr).

Phenotypes and Genotypes