Turkey Talk for 2014

[Sydney Acres]

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Oh, very exciting, and absolutely worth the wait!!! Please post pictures regularly. I'd love to see what Frank's lines look like.

 

[Sydney Acres]

Wow, I can see why you like the pencilled color. That's a spectacular pattern.

 

[Kelsykin]

Here are a few of the turkeys we hatched out last weekend

 

[chickadoodles]

I love the Penciled Palms! They are the same genotype as Royal Palm, except addition of 2 penciling genes which give the feathers an unusual swirly pattern. I got mine from Kevin Porter last spring. Unfortunately, I only got 1 pair. Both of mine also have one red gene, hence they are a "tricolor". I am hatching out all my hen's eggs and raising them (at least that's what I say NOW

) because I want some of the black and white without the red gene. I had a tom like that from Porter several years ago, but a bobcat got him before I realized bobcats were a problem around here. Stupid me. He was gorgeous, and not even full grown. With my tricolor pair, only 25% will lack the red gene. 25% will have 2 red genes and will be red penciled. They are the closest to the buff color you see in chickens that I have seen in a turkey. The true Buff turkeys look like a light colored Bourbon Red. These Red Penciled look blond. But the penciling is not as sharp. I wasn't even for sure my hen was a tricolor until the poults hatched because she only has a hint of reddish. But I have some solid yellow poults, and those will be red penciled, which I couldn't get unless both parents carry the red gene. The Penciled Palms seem to vary a lot, so it will be fun to see how they develop.

Here are pics of my adult pair:

They are beautiful birds desertmarcy. Thanks for sharing the pics with me! Just lovely birds

 

[chickadoodles]

Oh, very exciting, and absolutely worth the wait!!! Please post pictures regularly. I'd love to see what Frank's lines look like.

I will, and yes I felt they were worth the wait! I am excited to see how they turn out.

 

[sonderah]

I need to find a way to convince my sweety to build a 2nd turkey pen!!!! Lol Gettin the 1st this year was hard enough, but I will need 2 next year!!! Hoping to have some blue mottled hens that I can put in with an RP Tom!

 

[uphilljill]

Congrats to Chicken Pickin and Bantambury for their CdM Photobomb contest winning photos!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/882824/cdm-photobomb-contest-poll#post_13475400

Be sure to update us on your hatch!

And thanks everyone for participating and voting. A special thanks to Penny Hen for the prize donation.

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[sonderah]

My blue slate is raising some babies. I honestly do not remember when they hatched, but I'd guess they're about 3 1/2 weeks old at the most! Well, she laid an egg already!! Yesterday or today, I'm not sure which cause I didn't collect eggs yesterday. Is that normal??? Seems really soon!

 

[Sydney Acres]

Here are a few of the turkeys we hatched out last weekend

Very cute Fernie!

 

[chickadoodles]

Very cute Fernie!

x2 very cute