Illinois...

[Faraday40]

Here are DS's spitzhaubens:
a 5 wk old


3.5 wk olds



None are screaming male...... but this one was literally screaming. LOL

 

[Faraday40]

Here are my silkie serama mixes:

 

[Molpet]

Oldest poults today.. first two are the same bird

 

[Molpet]

Calico Tom

 

[chickendreams24]

Calico Tom
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Oldest poults today.. first two are the same bird
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Very beautiful! The Tom is a lot darker than I expected too. The one above is how most of the photos I've seen look.

 

[Molpet]

Very beautiful! The Tom is a lot darker than I expected too. The one above is how most of the photos I've seen look.

He was a lot lighter when I got him. This is a pick of them from the ad. I got the white with the most color ( Tom from above), a red (jake I ate because he kept getting picked on) and I thought a bronze (hen)

 

[chickendreams24]

I would almost think maybe the tom you posted would qualify as sweet grass just based on the photos I've seen of them.

What's your hen look like? If they were both sweetgrass then they would breed true according to Porter's turkeys website.

 

[TheLittleFarm18]

Just found this thread. I'm from Illinois (few min South of Champaign) Looks like I have a ton of reading to get caught up on this thread!!

 

[Molpet]

I would almost think maybe the tom you posted would qualify as sweet grass just based on the photos I've seen of them.

What's your hen look like? If they were both sweetgrass then they would breed true according to Porter's turkeys website.

Some people thought he was sweetgrass on FB
R2elk, who raises sweetgrass, thought he was a calico
he is handsome what ever he is
I am excited to see what comes out this year white poults and him.
The hen is brown
R2elk thought she was a

and he is telling you all about it

in another thread R2elk said the poults look like calico and red bronze....
later on I posted my hen and he thought looks like maybe a Narragansett Semi-Color Semi Gray... which explains why there were yellow chicks this breeding

this is a crazy thread, ton of posts ...but this is where he said what they looked like to him
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...-2-live-ducks.1229923/page-1491#post-20249862

 

[Molpet]

Just found this thread. I'm from Illinois (few min South of Champaign) Looks like I have a ton of reading to get caught up on this thread!!

glad you found the thread

What breeds do you have?