Hoover’s Hatchery Heritage Turkey Variety Pack

[NatJ]

Sorry, I view them kind of like dog breeds. They are all the same species, but each “breed” has its own unique characteristics and color varieties.

For chickens, you would be right. And you would be right for turkeys in some countries, too.

But in the USA, the American Poultry Association is weird in how they list things.
https://amerpoultryassn.com/accepted-breeds-varieties/

They sort all the poultry into different "types," then "classes," then "breeds," then "varieties."

But they are inconsistent from one species to another.

Turkeys are type Turkey, class Turkey, breed Turkey, and all the differences are listed as varieties.

Meanwhile, type "waterfowl" contains two species (ducks and geese).
But chickens (all one species) are divided into two types (bantam and large fowl.)

 

[R2elk]

Yeah, I always thought Meleagris gallopavo domesticus was their scientific species name… regardless of variety. This is confusing, I wonder why they are not the species domestic turkey.

It is not. Each variety has its own sub species name.

Turkeys are much closer related to each other than chickens are. They are all derived from the same haploid group.

Examples of how closely they are related are the Bronze and Narragansett turkeys. The difference between a Bronze hen and a narragansett hen is one Narragansett gene. If you want to bring new blood into your Narragansett gene pool, you can produce pure Narragansett hens by breeding a Narragansett tom to Bronze hens. All of the female offspring will be pure Narragansetts. All of the male offspring will be Bronze carrying a hidden Narragansett gene.

There are many more results like this.

 

[allenw]

Good luck with your turkeys. I've odered chicks from Hoover's and been happy with them but no experience with poults from them.

 

[Baybrio]

I have not raised Bourbon Reds, so the color of you poults is interesting. I'm not affiliated with Cackle in any way but people seem to like the quality of their birds and the honesty of their descriptions.

Here is a link to Bourbon Red poults from Cackle Hatchery https://www.cacklehatchery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/bourbon-red-scaled.jpg

They seem to come in different "shades" as poults.

From what I understand people are happy with their Bourbon Reds from this hatchery.

 

[Baybrio]

I just looked at porter's site, even the pic of three Bourbon Red poults shows significant color differences. Love this topic.

 

[907poultry]

So, we sold off 3 poults, brown, red, and lavender

One keeled over dead out of nowhere, and the tiny brown one is almost dead.

We are down to 6 or even 5, I will have to check when I get back.

 

[907poultry]

So, we sold off 3 poults, brown, red, and lavender

One keeled over dead out of nowhere, and the tiny brown one is almost dead.

We are down to 6 or even 5, I will have to check when I get back.

I do wish I’dve kept lavender but he tended to grab the other poults feet and yank yank yank. Even when I would pick him up he would pull the other poult into the air.

 

[907poultry]

Is there any way to help the brown poult? I fed her a little warmed plain yogurt (suggested by local backyard turkey raiser), she is separated and has easier access to feed and water

 

[Huntmaster]

Is there any way to help the brown poult? I fed her a little warmed plain yogurt (suggested by local backyard turkey raiser), she is separated and has easier access to feed and water

Did you say you had nutri-drench? That should perk them up you can also offer a little egg yolk. If you don't have nutri-drench mix a little sugar or molasses in water.

 

[907poultry]

Did you say you had nutri-drench? That should perk them up you can also offer a little egg yolk. If you don't have nutri-drench mix a little sugar or molasses in water.

I tried nutri drench, egg yolk, and even yogurt. She passed away yesterday.