Newly hatched

[Athiena14]

While I'm waiting for my hen Turkey to stop laying and sit in her eggs, my friends are in the incubator. This was the one out of the first pair to go in and decided to hatch today. The second egg was infertile

Mother was a normal bronze dad was a royal palm

 

[Athiena14]

What momma looks like. Dont have a pic of dad. Just the belly in the pic

 

[Athiena14]

Baby all dried up.

 

[R2elk]

We honestly have no clue on female. Male may have bronze in Gene due to another Tom picked up with him was a bronze

For the tom to be a Royal Palm, he can only be black and white. If he has any other colors, he is not a Royal Palm. Royal Palms are homozygous for Black Winged Bronze (b1b1) genes. If he was (bb1) he would be a Dark Gray and would not look like a Royal Palm. If he had the other possible combination (Ccg) he would again not look like a Royal Palm. If he looks like a Royal Palm, he probably is not carrying any hidden recessive color genes.

 

[R2elk]

While I'm waiting for my hen Turkey to stop laying and sit in her eggs, my friends are in the incubator. This was the one out of the first pair to go in and decided to hatch today. The second egg was infertile View attachment 1747292 View attachment 1747295

Mother was a normal bronze dad was a royal palm

If the mother does not have any hidden recessive color genes, the poult will be a Narragansett Semi-Color Semi-Gray if it is female and a Bronze Semi-Color Semi-Gray carrying a hidden Narragansett gene if it is a male.

 

[Athiena14]

For the tom to be a Royal Palm, he can only be black and white. If he has any other colors, he is not a Royal Palm. Royal Palms are homozygous for Black Winged Bronze (b1b1) genes. If he was (bb1) he would be a Dark Gray and would not look like a Royal Palm. If he had the other possible combination (Ccg) he would again not look like a Royal Palm. If he looks like a Royal Palm, he probably is not carrying any hidden recessive color genes.

Ah okay yea he looks like a royal palm

 

[R2elk]

Holy crap that's a lot of possibilities

That is what happens when you breed turkeys that have multiple heterozygous color genes (bb1, Ccg, Nn, N- or n-). It does not mean that you will produce all of these varieties, only that it is possible to produce them all. The possibility ranges from a low of 3% for many of the varieties to a high of 18% for the Bronze Semi-Color Semi-Gray or the Narragansett Semi-Color Semi-Gray.

 

[Athiena14]

If the mother does not have any hidden recessive color genes, the poult will be a Narragansett Semi-Color Semi-Gray if it is female and a Bronze Semi-Color Semi-Gray carrying a hidden Narragansett gene if it is a male.

We honestly have no clue on female. Male may have bronze in Gene due to another Tom picked up with him was a bronze

 

[jimeve]

What momma looks like. Dont have a pic of dad. Just the belly in the picView attachment 1747332

My tom looks like that in the photo. And the hens are white, I've no idea what sort they are! very new to this. Great pics BTW.

 

[Athiena14]

My tom looks like that in the photo. And the hens are white, I've no idea what sort they are! very new to this. Great pics BTW.

The females color is a bronze. She is a normal bronze not a broad breasted