Has anyone heard of are seen broad breasted auburns?

[frank53061]

I hate to hear that you had so much trouble and loss of Poults I hope you are reimbursed for the loss.
I don't blame you for not wanting to use a mail order hatchery any more I guess I will cross my fingers when I order my replacement Chicks in the Spring.
So far Cackle Hatchery has been very good to me and I have had no loss in shipment or after words.

 

[Jesz]

I was reimbursed but rather have the poults. The shipping box was not insulated enough for the cold nights to have been shipped so far. I would have paid extra for warming packs a better box, ect, but I wasn't given the option. This was my first time ordering from a hatchery.

 

[frank53061]

Well it doesn't sound like a hatchery that any one should order from they should have checked them selves what the weather would be like and ether refused to ship because of the cold or or did as you said.
That's just not good sense on there part that's loosing money for them and may be a customer.

Thats just not a good exsperience the first time out ordering from a Hatchery if in the future you decide to try it again from another Hatchery you might do so in the Spring.

In what state was this Hatchery that you orderd from.

 

[Jesz]

They are in west Virginia to south Louisiana. They hatched on Tuesday and were shipped the same day. I received them Thursday the post office called at 6:30am. The turkeys were picked up by 7am. I had to put them in my hatcher to warm them up, the only 4 that survived.

 

[Arielle]

GLad you were at least reimbursed, though it doesn't make up for lack of poults.

Frank's suggestion on when to order is a good one. Sometimes hatcheries cannot predict the weather when eggs are set 28 days in advance of that weather. Chalk it up to a learning experience. You now know to ask about warmer pads, or stay with ordering when the night temps are much higher as little poults cannot take the cold. WHen my husband went to pick up chicks at the main USPS terminal ( where pick up is not normally allowed) , all the chicks, cartons and cartons of chicks, were piled in a warmer area, all together.THis was February-- the middle of our winter. I suspect we picked up those birds with far less than 24 hours in transit.

When I ordered my poults, they shipped overnight-- ONE day. Worth the extra money.

For what it is worth-- I think the hardier ones survived the trip to you. Hope they continue to thrive for you.

Merry Christmas.

 

[Heritageturkey]

I hate to give you more bad news but I don't see any auburns there in what survived that horrible ordeal.
Auburns are stripped like a bronze at hatch but are shades of brown, not solid brown with white face masks like the ones you received.
You got some sort of chocolate mixes the way it looks.
The stripped one in the middle looks like a typical bronze pattern tho.

 

[Heritageturkey]

I purchased them from valley of the moon turkeys. Here is the web address. http://www.valleyofthemoonturkeys.com. I googled pictures of them they are beautiful. I didn't have any luck finding bronze (that is what I currently have). Please post your pics of your bbw I would love to see them.

I also checked out their site and I don't see any auburns, the adult bird they show as an auburn looks like a chocolate and not a pure one at that, the poults are bronze.
So I guess this explains why you got what you did from them.

 

[Jesz]

Yes the one in the middle was the only bronze I had, he died today. Not sure why he was doing so good walking/running around playing with the others, etc.
The other three thriving, one of them is alot bigger then the other two, he/she runs around so fast and jumps up very cute. I took this picture today, I agree with you I do not think they are "auburn" more black. I love their big eyes my other 2 turkeys I have do not have large eyes like these little ones.

 

[Arielle]

Jess, I'm inclined to think heritage turkey is right. THe information on the web site is such tha it could be just a color, not actually a variety name. I have not been able to find via google searching on the web that a broad breasted auburn exists. OTher than this one producer, so I think this is just a color.

The chocolate one above is adorable!

 

[Jesz]

Arielle, I found someone locally that is selling a pair of 6 month old black and 1yr old bourbon red turkeys and I am picking them up tomorrow(super excited) I will be building another coop tomorrow and adding more fencing with a cover. We have alot of chicken hawks and coyotes here, I would love for them to free roam on our 10 acres, but its next to impossible.

For my little ones I will wait and see what they look like and post pictures when they get older. And like you, I have searched and only found auburn, not broad breasted auburns.




The Auburn, also known as the Light Brown, is one of the rarest varieties of heirloom turkeys currently in existence. It has been referenced by name in written records since the 1700's, and is named after the light reddish-brown color of its plumage. As the Auburn hen is very similar in type to the Bronze, and the tom is a distinctive coloration, the breed is autosexing. There is also an extremely rare variant of the Auburn, called the Silver Auburn. http://www.downtotherootsmagazine.com/Blogs/2010_Oct07.htm

Check this web address the Auburns are beautiful http://www.threewillowsranch.com/auburn_turkeys.html