Turkey Breed?

[RockerHen]

Well, they've both grown into big beautiful teenage toms

they have little tiny adorable beards sprouting. i love these guys, they crack me up with their constant gobbling at everything and showing off to each other. Now I need to find them some hens

 

[skookumchuck]

Great looking toms. I just picked up my new Royal Palm Tom and a Burbon Red Hen looking forward to producing these nice looking crosses. and the nice thing is they will be different colors for the hens and the toms.

 

[turkeyguy123]

They look red bronze to me

 

[RockerHen]

I finally found them a girlfriend

If they are red bronze, and she a royal palm, what would this pairing produce?

 

[Celie]

Sounds like you can cross any 2 breeds and wind up with a new breed!

 

[skookumchuck]

Sounds like you can cross any 2 breeds and wind up with a new breed!

There is only one breed of turkey just a few diferent varieties.

 

[r4eboxer]

I've not heard that, are you basing that on the eastern wild being the breed that most breeds derived from? Sort of like the wolf being the breed most dog breeds derived from?

 

[Lagerdogger]

If the red bronze you have are offspring of royal palm and Bourbon red, then they have recessive gray and Narragansett genes, plus the recessive red that you can see. They also have recessive black wing bases. The palm has black wing bases with gray and Narragansett genes. So all the offspring get recessive black wing gray and Narri genes from the hen. The Tom may contribute a blacking base or a bronze base, a gray or a not gray, a Narragansett or a not Narragansett, and a red or a not red. This gives you sixteen possible colors, some with recessive hidden genes. A partial list of possibilities include bronze, red bronze, Narragansett, Golden Narrgansett, black wing Narragansett, black wing bronze, golden Phoenix, calico, and royal palm.

 

[RockerHen]

If the red bronze you have are offspring of royal palm and Bourbon red, then they have recessive gray and Narragansett genes, plus the recessive red that you can see. They also have recessive black wing bases. The palm has black wing bases with gray and Narragansett genes. So all the offspring get recessive black wing gray and Narri genes from the hen. The Tom may contribute a blacking base or a bronze base, a gray or a not gray, a Narragansett or a not Narragansett, and a red or a not red. This gives you sixteen possible colors, some with recessive hidden genes. A partial list of possibilities include bronze, red bronze, Narragansett, Golden Narrgansett, black wing Narragansett, black wing bronze, golden Phoenix, calico, and royal palm.

Wow!! That is so awesome, all of the variety I can get! I'm so excited for spring now! Thank you for answering

 

[Celie]

There is only one breed of turkey just a few diferent varieties.

What is the only breed of turkey you are referring to , since every time I cross a Holland white with a Holland white, I do not get a cross, just another Holland White? Just curious!