Could this be a wild?

[ColbyNTX]

I was thinking Rio. I have a couple of hens that I think are Rio's also. That will make a good rio trio!

 

[jrsqlc]

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I dont know about all that. I have a friend who raises Eastern Wild Turkey and they are all big......they free range her 500+ acre and are huge

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

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I dont know about all that. I have a friend who raises Eastern Wild Turkey and they are all big......they free range her 500+ acre and are huge

That'right, captive wilds do get a little heavier than wild wilds, due to the fact that they are lazy and fed every day, dont have to get out and work for it in other words like natural wilds do.

One thing that is never different though is that bone structure. Look how skinny these legs are, now find you a pic of a bbb or heritage bronze and look at those tree trunk for some legs and you'll see what I mean, same is true on their wing bones, but you have to feel them to see

 

[jrsqlc]

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I dont know about all that. I have a friend who raises Eastern Wild Turkey and they are all big......they free range her 500+ acre and are huge

That'right, captive wilds do get a little heavier than wild wilds, due to the fact that they are lazy and fed every day, dont have to get out and work for it in other words like natural wilds do.

One thing that is never different though is that bone structure. Look how skinny these legs are, now find you a pic of a bbb or heritage bronze and look at those tree trunk for some legs and you'll see what I mean, same is true on their wing bones, but you have to feel them to see

Hey Boggy, all of the easterns my friend raises are in no way in captivity!! She owns 500+ acre that butts right up to a Wildlife Reserve. The birds are 100% free. She dont really feed them as they eat from the fields and whatever gets spilled. They sleep in the trees about 5-10 feet off the ground, but no further. The drink from her huge pond and live well with about 500 or more other animals. She raises all kinds of geese, ducks, chickens, peafowl, and there are tons of deer. For the most part the animals are calm as long as you dont rush them. They are all free except for some of the chickens, they have a few coops.

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

oh yea, I got that from the first post, but techincally, they are still captive raised birds. If they get any form of supplemental feeding form humans, which spilled food would count as.

I dont mean, those are like pen raised birds like mine though, but they still arent hard core wild ones either