Turkey Talk for 2014

[SilkieSensation]

Can't figure out how to get lavender on the calculator at all, but if I got the mottled genetics right, mottled to mottled will throw both slates & palms. Specific color depends on number of blue genes inherited as I mentioned above. So, blue mottled to blue mottled should throw: black, blue, lavender, royal palm, blue palm, lavender palm.

 

[desertmarcy]

Can't figure out how to get lavender on the calculator at all, but if I got the mottled genetics right, mottled to mottled will throw both slates & palms. Specific color depends on number of blue genes inherited as I mentioned above. So, blue mottled to blue mottled should throw: black, blue, lavender, royal palm, blue palm, lavender palm.

Lavender is BBDD, the rest of the genotype is the wildtype. The photo on the calculator shows a Blue Slate, though, not a Lavender. That's what I mean, the photos aren't always accurate to what that genotype should look like. Remember any time you cross birds with "splits", that are heterozygous for a gene instead of homozygous, you will get many more combinations, and turkey genes are not always completely dominant or recessive. You can get some bleed through. Bbl for instance. B (Black) is dominant, but not completely. In this split, the bl (black winged bronze) gene will have some influence. And both the Narragansett and chocolate genes are sexlinked, so the toms can carry one copy but not show it whereas the hens will always express the gene if present.

 

[farm n louisana]

Can y'all tell male r female this is the biggest one i have out of 4 the other 3 r the same size n there all the same age n the lil thing on it's head it a lot bigger then my other 3

 

[farm n louisana]

This is wat my other 3 look like n they make all the same sound the first pic makes a different sound

 

[SilkieSensation]

Can y'all tell male r female this is the biggest one i have out of 4 the other 3 r the same size n there all the same age n the lil thing on it's head it a lot bigger then my other 3

If they all hatched together then that's probably your tom...but no guarantees at this age.

 

[Webechickens]

Hey, everyone. A couple months ago subscribed to this thread because we were getting 6 Bourbon Red poults. They are a month old now. People always say not to handle male chicks too much. Does the same hold true for turkey poults? The 4 that look like males to me are so extremely friendly. Is handling them too much a bad thing? Thanks!

 

[racinchickins]

I've had 3 broody hens sitting on two nests of eggs. (One hen seems to go back and forth). It was recommended that I separate the hens so they wouldn't fight over the poults. I couldn't figure out a way to separate them without moving nests, which I also heard was bad. So, in my indecision, I did nothing.

A few days ago, I saw broken egg shells that looked like hatched eggs, but no poults. Thought I must have lost them.

Today, it appears I lucked out. I watched at least 4 poults running from nest to nest and mommy to mommy. It appears they are also ok with communal raising. The tom isn't entirely happy now though. The girls won't let him in the coop. They make him stay in the run. They hiss and flare up all together, and he beats a retreat.

 

[SilkieSensation]

Hey, everyone. A couple months ago subscribed to this thread because we were getting 6 Bourbon Red poults. They are a month old now. People always say not to handle male chicks too much. Does the same hold true for turkey poults? The 4 that look like males to me are so extremely friendly. Is handling them too much a bad thing? Thanks!

Around here every chick, duckling, poult, keet, gosling, etc. gets handled as much as possible regardless of gender. Handled birds tend to be much more tame & that makes it much easier to deal with them when they get bigger.

 

[chicken pickin]

Around here every chick, duckling, poult, keet, gosling, etc. gets handled as much as possible regardless of gender. Handled birds tend to be much more tame & that makes it much easier to deal with them when they get bigger.

X2 I handle all of my birds equally, regardless of gender.

 

[BullChick]

Someone asked about head space needed above a roost several pages back. I never saw an answer to this question. I would also like to know.
Second question. So far, everyone has shown nests on the floor. Would a turkey hen use a nest three feet up?