Midget whites

[iajewel]

Wow.. ya.. So Cal... very different then Iowa. I have never sold anything in the 20yrs I lived here, locally. Not my leather work, not even my chickens. People here are cheep and they won't spend money for quality, so I don't buy locally either as its all junk. Most of it anyway, there are a few people that really want quality, but they are few and far between. People will as I will travel for quality. Im not however driving to Southern Calf. LOL.

If Im understanding this, there are very few hatcheries that carry the Midget whites, and few enough breeders I will probably get to know them all very soon? I guess there is a reason I have never seen one in all my travels. I actually until this year didn't even know they existed.
I would love to see some pics of some if any of you have some, or the time to post them? I would like a size comparison, as I really have never seen an adult, so really don't know how large or small mine will get.

 

[Lotsapaints]

My Toms dressed out at 14lbs mine came from Welp also shipped from Texas very fertile have been laying since October still laying now and they are molting from the heat wait as long as you can choosing a male you want a vigorous one who does the deed and look up the ALC chart on what they should weigh at what age. My favorite ones are a cross with a mutt tom who is 1/2 Narragansett 1/2 Auburn they look like this

and are even bigger than the dad they are looking yummy to me and ready to butcher turkeys here run 80.00....amazing what people will pay in Cali

 

[onthespot]

That is one COOL looking turkey!!!

Here's a pic of the one I was growing out for thanksgiving... I can't remember when he hatched,maybe Feb,March He is not full grown yet, but gettng there. Those are some good sized, not yet red combed orpington pullets next to him. You can see they have started eating his tail...

 

[iajewel]

Thank you. I have Orpington also Thats the only breed of chicken I raise. That was a perfect size comparison for me. Awesome. They really are small aren't they? I didn't realize just how small they are. Thats really kewl. Do you have any issues with the Turkeys getting black head being in with your chickens? Im over paranoid and sterilize my brooder before putting the turkeys in it where chickens had been. I don't allow them on any ground a chicken has touched. Now that I have the Midgets this will be much easier, however its still a fine art around here.
Love your photo, Dang they are small LOL.

 

[onthespot]

I have never had blackhead. I hear it goes by area, more prevalent in some, not in others. I incubate the eggs together. I brood the babies together from day one.I do keep turkeys up off of dirt longer. When I put them outside, their pen has hardware cloth floor and deep shavings so they can't really get to the dirt. I copped a feel on this young tom's breast before I took the pic, and he is getting a respectable meat chunk forming up there. Some of them can be really V chested. I remember selecting the daddy tom for this year, he was the smallest and also the meatiest one, still keeping the look of the midget white. Beltsville Small Whites are similar, but more rounded looking at them from the front. I try to avoid the round look. Midget Whites are more slab sided, but with good meat still.

 

[iajewel]

I bought them wanting a small table bird. Its just me DH so really don't need 20lbs of turkey but would like to have it more then holidays. Im hoping it works out. From what I hear the Beltsville may be the better meat bird? I don't know.. this will be a journey.

 

[onthespot]

It's just me, so the bourbon red I just processed was WAY too big. Both legs and the neck filled a crockpot, along with BBQ sauce and an onion and bell pepper. The breasts went in the freezer and the rest went in the trash. For me, I start looking at the MW as edible around four months old, LOL. Beltsville might make more meat, but the MW sell WAY better. I have had friends can hardly give away a beltsville, same week I can sell a MW for $$. No telling why. And take into account I am here in So Cal... lol

 

[iajewel]

That is odd given the Beltsville are on the rare breeds list and the APA and the Midget whites aren't. It could be the name, it has Midget in it? so people will hit on the advertisements? Who knows.. people like strange and unusual and a turkey the size of a house cat is just that.

 

[vsmenagerie]

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We lived in ID and around Thanksgiving, you could buy a fresh turkey for about that price. Which at first, I thought was sort of high, but after thinking about it, not really. Because there is a lot of work going into raising them.