Standard or Broad Breasted Bronze, What is my Turkey Breed ?

[nannychachi]

Can anyone tell me if this is a broad breasted turkey or not?

 

[R2elk]

Without side by side comparisons between the two varieties, it is not possible to say from a picture. Both varieties have the same coloring.

The breed is the easy part as all domestic turkeys are the breed Turkey.

 

[Anita Scott]

Can anyone tell me if this is a broad breasted turkey or not? View attachment 2114145

Is he strutting or gobbling?
My bbb were strutting and gobbling at that stage. My standard bronze are not yet.

We had a lot of leg problems with the bbb and had to put them down. Just lost our last one this week to heat exhaustion. We have standard bronze poults to replace him with. Our 2 hens are still doing well, but one has some weird feet. They can’t fly and move slow, kind of a waddle run. I lost one hen, which weighed over 30 lbs to a coyote. My dog chased the coyote off and got lots of dog food from her.
When the bbb were 6 months or so, we had some fertile eggs, but at a year he could no longer breed our 2 girls.

 

[nannychachi]

There's no strutting or gobbling. I was told that both turkeys I bought were hens. They whistle and sing and make a "pttt" sound. I hope they aren't broad because I really don't want to put them in the freezer.

 

[Anita Scott]

Is he strutting or gobbling?
My bbb were strutting and gobbling at that stage. My standard bronze are not yet.

We had a lot of leg problems with the bbb and had to put them down. Just lost our last one this week to heat exhaustion. We have standard bronze poults to replace him with. Our 2 hens are still doing well, but one has some weird feet. They can’t fly and move slow, kind of a waddle run. I lost one hen, which weighed over 30 lbs to a coyote. My dog chased the coyote off and got lots of dog food from her.
When the bbb were 6 months or so, we had some fertile eggs, but at a year he could no longer breed our 2 girls.

If they are hens, they will have a much better chance than toms. We added 7 standard poults this week and will keep our two bbb hens for “pets”. They are really sweet and both have unique personalities. They are good egg layers, just not fertile.