I have a question

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In some states it is against the law to keep wild turkeys so if you have turkeys and one of the hens mate with a wild turkey do you have to destroy the poults or can you keep them? I plan on raising some turkeys and wild turkeys pass through my 6 acres and I will be free ranging the turkeys I raise so there is a possibility that they will encounter a wild turkey. The Narragansett turkey is what I am interested in and it was created using wild and domestic turkeys so would you be able to tell that the poults are cross breeds or not? Just thinking ahead of the game.

 

[R2elk]

In some states it is against the law to keep wild turkeys so if you have turkeys and one of the hens mate with a wild turkey do you have to destroy the poults or can you keep them? I plan on raising some turkeys and wild turkeys pass through my 6 acres and I will be free ranging the turkeys I raise so there is a possibility that they will encounter a wild turkey. The Narragansett turkey is what I am interested in and it was created using wild and domestic turkeys so would you be able to tell that the poults are cross breeds or not? Just thinking ahead of the game.

You have to check your local laws to find out. Your local game warden or DNR officer will be able to answer your questions. It is best to know the answers before you run into such a situation.

Where I live the law states that if there is wild blood in the offspring they are wild turkeys and as such belong to the state. Here you have to have a permit to be able to own wild turkeys so a permit would be required to have the half wild offspring.

As far as color goes Wild turkeys are Bronze turkeys. The only color gene difference between a Bronze and a Narragansett is the recessive (n) gene. If a Narragansett tom (nn) were to breed a Bronze hen the offspring would be sex linked and all the hens would be Narragansett (n-) and all the toms would be Bronze split to Narragansett (Nn). If it was a Bronze tom breeding a Narragansett hen the offspring would be Bronze (NN, N- or Nn).

People who really know what they are doing may be able to distinguish between Bronze and Narragansett poults.

Bronze

http://www.porterturkeys.com/Bronze Poult.jpg

Narragansett

http://www.porterturkeys.com/Narripoult.jpg

 

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You have to check your local laws to find out. Your local game warden or DNR officer will be able to answer your questions. It is best to know the answers before you run into such a situation.

Where I live the law states that if there is wild blood in the offspring they are wild turkeys and as such belong to the state. Here you have to have a permit to be able to own wild turkeys so a permit would be required to have the half wild offspring.

As far as color goes Wild turkeys are Bronze turkeys. The only color gene difference between a Bronze and a Narragansett is the recessive (n) gene. If a Narragansett tom (nn) were to breed a Bronze hen the offspring would be sex linked and all the hens would be Narragansett (n-) and all the toms would be Bronze split to Narragansett (Nn). If it was a Bronze tom breeding a Narragansett hen the offspring would be Bronze (NN, N- or Nn).

People who really know what they are doing may be able to distinguish between Bronze and Narragansett poults.

Bronze

http://www.porterturkeys.com/Bronze Poult.jpg

Narragansett

http://www.porterturkeys.com/Narripoult.jpg

Now that is the kind of information I was looking for. So if it was a wild tom breeding the Narragansett hen all the turkeys would resemble the wild turkey is that right?

 

[R2elk]

Now that is the kind of information I was looking for. So if it was a wild tom breeding the Narragansett hen all the turkeys would resemble the wild turkey is that right?

In that case all the poults would be bronze.

 

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The only color gene difference between a Bronze and a Narragansett is the recessive (n) gene. If a Narragansett tom (nn) were to breed a Bronze hen the offspring would be sex linked and all the hens would be Narragansett (n-) and all the toms would be Bronze split to Narragansett (Nn). If it was a Bronze tom breeding a Narragansett hen the offspring would be Bronze (NN, N- or Nn).

How do you come up with the genetic info?

 

[R2elk]

How do you come up with the genetic info?

You can run the Turkey Color Calculator at Porter's Rare Heritage Turkeys.

http://www.porterturkeys.com/turkeycolorcalculator.htm

Bronze males are:

bb CC dd EE NN PnPn RR SlSl SpSp

Bronze females are:

bb CC dd E- N- PnPn RR SlSl SpSp

Narragansett males are:

bb CC dd EE nn PnPn RR SlSl SpSp

Narragansett hens are:

bb CC dd E- n- PnPn RR SlSl SpSp

The e (brown) and n (Narragansett) color genes are recessive and are sex linked in that the hens only have one of these color genes where males can have 2 of them just like all the other color genes.

 

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Thank You.