I DID IT!!! Wild Bourbons!!!

[Lagerdogger]

If your BRs were pure (that is no other stray genes like a gray or naragansett), then your offspring this year that have one red gene are genetically very similar to your original BR X wild, and have one red gene and one not red. The two that look like Bourbon Reds have two red genes. Your ratio of 2 to 13 is a bit odd. It is very unusual to be that far from 50/50, but obviously it happens now and again.

If you can see a difference between the first and second generation birds, it may be because there are other domestic genes that are replacing wild genes that can affect colors, and you are getting closer to the domestic red bronze. But you should not expect to cross a red bronze with a bourbon red and get something in between. The offspring will all be red bronze or bourbon red.

 

[texascowboy1979]

Well, I started with Pure stock, at least thats what I was told,

Pure Eastern Wild Turkeys
Pure Burbon Red Female

SO to me the babies are Half half.

Then if I cross a Half half to a Burbon Red Female, according to it being a simple 1 R or 2 R's, then I should have 50 50, but its still possible to have all wild looking birds, or all Red birds, the 50 50 is just a probabilty.

Heres an example of probabilty. I had 13 baby goats born, and only 2 of them were females... YEs, that sucks. Then 2 years ago, I bought 10 peachicks from a local breeder, chicks were about 2 weeks old. and BOOM, only 2 were female. The odds..

Ive still got more R1 Eggs in the incubator... so mabye the numbers will re-ajust once the birds stop laying and I get all thenumbers. SHe is still laying eggs.

 

[Gatorbob26]

I am ordering some east wild some bourbon red and some narrangansett and am hoping on getting some cool hybrids so yeah

 

[retlaw]

Those are very beautiful cross's.

 

[coldbum]

Hello, I know this is a terribly old thread but I was just offered some Red Bourbon x Eastern Wild T crosses. I was wondering if you took any pictures of your mature birds? What can you tell me about the temperament of the cross? I am guess that adding the wild genes would make the birds a bit more hardy than fully domestic birds?
Thanks,
New to turkeys