Turkey Talk for 2014

[Chaneys Ranch]

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You are #1!!!!!

Then Brad, 3rd is a local customer.

 

[Arielle]

Quote: Can't wait to see the pics!!

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

Quote: Can't wait to see the pics!!

X2!!!!!!!!!

 

[chknoodles]

Quote: Rio Grande turkeys are not legal for the state of Alabama and a number of other states. Check on any hatchery site that sells turkeys and it will tell you what turkey breeds they will not ship to where...did that make sense? LOL

 

[GotCoop]

My Florida "snowbirds". Not your typical Florida Panhandle morning.

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

My Florida "snowbirds". Not your typical Florida Panhandle morning.

All these beautiful toms!!

I need to get a pic of my big guy.

 

[RockerHen]

The turkeys experienced their first snow yesterday! After realizing that eating it wasn't productive, they ignored it altogether. The hens spent most of the day on our porch, they didn't particularly enjoy it on their feet. The five toms strutted all day long, and apparently the beautiful sight of them strutting in the snow was enough to woo the gray/brown hen, as she squatted and allowed one of the royal palm colored toms to breed her.

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

The turkeys experienced their first snow yesterday! After realizing that eating it wasn't productive, they ignored it altogether. The hens spent most of the day on our porch, they didn't particularly enjoy it on their feet. The five toms strutted all day long, and apparently the beautiful sight of them strutting in the snow was enough to woo the gray/brown hen, as she squatted and allowed one of the royal palm colored toms to breed her.

What is your first handsome guy, he is just stunning!
Well, all of them are

!

 

[RockerHen]

What is your first handsome guy, he is just stunning!
Well, all of them are

!

They are all, drum roll.....mutts.

Here were the fathers, mixes between royal palm and bourbon red. I believe their coloration was somewhat like a red bronze.

And here is the mother. She was a royal palm, a not greatly colored one, but a great mother nonetheless. Some of the poults with her in this picture are in the pictures I just posted. I love the variety of chicks I got from them.

I am assuming that the 'colorful' boy is just a richly colored bronze type coloration. When the sun hits him right, he's like a jewel. The fathers were much more of a dull bronze, and lacked the green/copper tones, but they sure produced some pretty babies.

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

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See breed doesn't always matter! I kept a BBW hen that stayed tiny. curious to see what she gives me from my BR tom.