Turkey Breeding

[OSUman]

I read in a poultry magazine that some turkeys cant breed naturally because of their weight so i was wondering what turkeys breed naturally without AI?

 

[Steve_of_sandspoultry]

All the heritage breeds can self reproduce. Here is a listing of heritage breeds by the ALBC

http://www.albc-usa.org/cpl/wtchlist.html#turkeys


What you read about was the Broad Breasted types that require A/I but that isn't 100% true. People can and do have the broad breasted self reproduce - the problem with the BB's is they get so large the tom can't mount the hen and get into the right position due to short legs and a huge breast and if he does can injure her.

Steve in NC