Is this really a chocolate poult?

[Jfitz]

I just got my first group of heritage turkeys, 7 chocolate and 1 blue slate. All 7 chocolates had milk choc colored down when I got them. At 1.5 weeks I am noticing that only 2 of the chocolates are the regular color of pictures I've been seeing, and 5 are changing to another color.

What color is this? Or do they go through color phases?

Sorry for the terrible quality pictures.

 

[Bigtom Turkey]

They look to be more bronze colored.
Disclaimer: I have NEVER owned chocolates before.

 

[R2elk]

I just got my first group of heritage turkeys, 7 chocolate and 1 blue slate. All 7 chocolates had milk choc colored down when I got them. At 1.5 weeks I am noticing that only 2 of the chocolates are the regular color of pictures I've been seeing, and 5 are changing to another color.

What color is this? Or do they go through color phases?

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Can't really tell from those pics. If you have pics from when it was a day or so old, post those pics.

 

[Jfitz]

They look to be more bronze colored.
Disclaimer: I have NEVER owned chocolates before.

I was thinking the same but they have a mask.

Can't really tell from those pics. If you have pics from when it was a day or so old, post those pics.

I don't have any from then.

After doing some more research they may be rusty blacks, though I'm still not sure. I found this on Porter's.

 

[R2elk]

You might be right. When they are just a day or so old, they have the face mask and chocolate down. Chocolates are black based. It is also a sex linked gene. If you cross a Chocolate tom with a Black hen, all the black poults will be males and all the chocolate poults will be female.

 

[Jfitz]

You might be right. When they are just a day or so old, they have the face mask and chocolate down. Chocolates are black based. It is also a sex linked gene. If you cross a Chocolate tom with a Black hen, all the black poults will be males and all the chocolate poults will be female.

Thanks, at what age should I be able to tell the color for sure?

 

[R2elk]

Thanks, at what age should I be able to tell the color for sure?

Not until it has its adult feathers. Possibly around 4 months or older.

 

[Jfitz]

Not until it has its adult feathers. Possibly around 4 months or older.

Thank you! I will enjoy them no matter what color they are. Kinda bummed that they are not what I was sold though