New To Turkeys, First Year Hatching

Maxandjamie

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Apr 23, 2019
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I’m new to turkeys and I was given a pair of what I was told were bronze turkeys. Pictures below....We just got our first hatch and it appears they are throwing off white poults. Does anyone have any idea what these will look like when they get older?
 
View attachment 1749746 View attachment 1749749 View attachment 1749750 View attachment 1749744 Hello All,
I’m new to turkeys and I was given a pair of what I was told were bronze turkeys. Pictures below....We just got our first hatch and it appears they are throwing off white poults. Does anyone have any idea what these will look like when they get older?
The first picture of the back of the two adults is insufficient to have any idea what the adults are. The picture of the tom is definitely not a pure Bronze. There are any number of recessive genes that he could be carrying.

If both adults are carrying a recessive white gene (c), the poults could end up being white turkeys. There are quite a few different varieties that produce the white/yellow poults. Some of the varieties are White, Regal Red, Royal Palm and even Sweetgrass can look pretty similar except they can have a faint dark stripe up their back.
 
We did have a few hatch that came out marked like the parents and then we had some with very faint markings. It will be interesting to see what we get. Thank you for your help
 

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