Poult I.D.

[bugglesmommy]

I traded some keets for 2 slate blue Turkey eggs and they hatched yesterday but one of these is not like the other? What is he? I am a first time poultry owner.

 

[Lagerdogger]

The grey one is the slate, and the other is a bronze, or could be a Narragansett. True blue slates have only a single dominant blue gene, so 1/4 of the offspring won't be blue. However, the base color is usually black, so the not blues should be blacks. The line that you received apparently has bronze bases.