The ones that I have gotten from Porter's have all been good but I don't imprint poults so they grow up knowing that people aren't weird looking turkeys.
My Royal Palms are beautiful and the smallest of my varieties, but some are just a little more aggressive/ruthless to other birds but not to me.
I have Sweetgrass and Fall Fire from porters and love them. All my birds from porters I have been more than happy with. Will order all my new turkey varieties from him from now on.
I would not classify Royal Palms as more nervous. I do classify them as more flighty as in because of their smaller size they tend to take to flight more so than other varieties. My Royal Palms were no more nervous than any of the other varieties that I have had.
I have not raised Recessive Blue Narragansett or chocolate so can't reply on them specifically. But do have Porters Black winged bronze and have had no trouble with them. Mine do seem to get slightly larger breasts as do my bronze than some of my other varieties. I do raise more Sweetgrass each year now for a few reasons,1. very nice temperament and beautiful bird 2. they get a little larger faster than most my other varieties 3. they have less dark pigmented feathers and makes for cleaner looking bird when processed, black feathered birds like my black winged bronze and bronze can have a less appealing appearance after processing due to black pigmentation from pin feathers staining skin. Nothing wrong or harmful about staining just less appealing look for some people after processing. I am raising 9 different varieties right now but have raised others in the past. What are you wanting the birds for? Raising for meat/eggs, pets or both? If you like the looks of the sweetgrass they are one of my most preferred varieties in my opinion I have raised.
