What color is this baby turkey?

[aleksgill]

So I got a shipment of mixed turkeys and I'm baffled by some of them. The potential genes in this group include black, white, brown/auburn, black winged bronze, black winged bronze with a red gene, and the last are heterozygous black/bronze, split grey and white, and homozygous Narragansett.

So what is this one? A weird black? Rusty Black? I'm assuming black-based because it kind of looks to have a mask, but I've never seen a baby with a black snood! I'm still new at turkeys but I'm loving them.

 

[cmfarm]

Might end up being Choclate?

 

[R2elk]

Might end up being Choclate?

Chocolate poults start out as chocolates they don't turn into chocolates later on.

 

[R2elk]

heterozygous black/bronze, split grey and white

Based on the last picture, I would guess it is the Bb cgc

 

[aleksgill]

Based on the last picture, I would guess it is the Bb cgc

Is there anything specific that makes you think that? I was hoping to find more pictures of black with bronze (or black-winged bronze), especially baby pictures, but I've found nothing.

 

[R2elk]

Is there anything specific that makes you think that? I was hoping to find more pictures of black with bronze (or black-winged bronze), especially baby pictures, but I've found nothing.

The first pics indicate that it is black based due to the mask and the black coloring. The last pic is showing much more bronze along with a little gray. The cg will cause the gray and if it is split to white (c), it will not affect the coloring because it takes two (cc) for the white to show and then the white masks everything else.

 

[aleksgill]

The first pics indicate that it is black based due to the mask and the black coloring. The last pic is showing much more bronze along with a little gray. The cg will cause the gray and if it is split to white (c), it will not affect the coloring because it takes two (cc) for the white to show and then the white masks everything else.

Okay, I was having so much trouble figuring out how much (if any) bronze or grey would show up. I'm including a few more pictures just in case anyone wants to see them for reference. I gotta get the rest of the babies their one month pictures, because they're a mix of some really neat colors!

Side view:

Front view:

Wing!

 

[R2elk]

Okay, I was having so much trouble figuring out how much (if any) bronze or grey would show up. I'm including a few more pictures just in case anyone wants to see them for reference. I gotta get the rest of the babies their one month pictures, because they're a mix of some really neat colors!

Side view:
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Front view:
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Wing!
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Remember that these are the juvenile feathers. The adult feathers should be different.

 

[aleksgill]

Remember that these are the juvenile feathers. The adult feathers should be different.

Yeah, I've had Bourbon Reds for a few years now and I like watching the adult feathers come in. Hopefully these ones will be more striking.

Took me awhile to figure out how to create an album, but here are the babies from this year.

 

[GotCoop]

Cute little guy...