Narragansett's or Bronze

[Otis-Gussy]

I'm super confused. I got these guys as poults from my local co op advertising them as Narragansett.
Do they look like Narragansett's or Bronze at this point? ( about 9 weeks )

 

[rjohns39]

There are better folks than me to answer this--but I'm guessing Bronze and red bronze. They don't have traditional Nari coloring. Bottom left is a red bronze and right next to it is a nari.

 

[sannabelle]

There is someone on here who is great with turkey genetics....if I remember correctly a nari is a bronze with a nari color gene?

If you can tag R2elk they were very helpful in identify my toms, and helping me understand the genetics behind the coloring

 

[MDeezy79]

They are Naris.. Thats exactly what mine looked like at that point and then all of sudden they started getting that silver/grey tips all over.. Now they are beautiful Nari birds.

 

[R2elk]

They are Naris.. Thats exactly what mine looked like at that point and then all of sudden they started getting that silver/grey tips all over.. Now they are beautiful Nari birds.

I suspect that you are correct. Looking at those images, there are new feathers beginning that are not what you will find on a Bronze. I do know that at a very early age Bronze and Narragansett look very similar.

 

[Otis-Gussy]

I suspect that you are correct. Looking at those images, there are new feathers beginning that are not what you will find on a Bronze. I do know that at a very early age Bronze and Narragansett look very similar.

Great! I was just noticing that they seemed darker than some of the photos I've seen. Must just be their age. I'm glad they're likely Narri's after all. Now if I could just solve the mystery of their sexes.
Ha!