Turkey Cross

[ShadyGlade]

Now that is one pretty Tom. Do his offspring have the same coloring?

 

[Harp Turkey Ranch]

Well after three years of breeding we have got it down to about 60-70% true, as it will never be able to 100% true bred. Mainly what we have seen is molted blacks in different forms and spanish blacks in pure to near pure forms. Very very few royal palms.The white comes out more and more with every molt the bird goes through.

 

[sandspoultry]

Harp,
You said they get more white with age, how much white do they get?

 

[Harp Turkey Ranch]

You said they get more white with age, how much white do they get?

Good question Steve. They get 75% increase of white spotting,after about two years. They will have fully molted out around 2-3 years of age.Here is a few pictures of last year's hatch of molts. They are around 6-7 months old in these pictures. As you can see they only have slight white spotting, which will increase with every molting. In the one picture of the two Jakes you can actually see barring in the wings a off trait that had come from the Royal Palm geno side. As Royal Palms carry Narragansett genes. For this reason these two were not considered for selection in this years breeding program.

 

[texascowboy1979]

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If you are to take a black Spanish tom over a royal palm hen you will come up with a form of molted black, of course it will take you a few breedings to get it complete, but that is what you'll get. It took us a few years to get this guy, but was it worth it, he is awesome.

http://i39.tinypic.com/ief5vc.jpg

I love this Pic