Which Tom should I keep?

[R2elk]

Just checked irl to see if the farthest right tom had any black at all, he does not. He is completely gray.

That means that he is a Self Blue aka Lavender. Crossed with the Black hen, the offspring will be 100% Blue Slates.

 

[Capricoco]

That means that he is a Self Blue aka Lavender. Crossed with the Black hen, the offspring will be 100% Blue Slates.

Now the question is whether I actually want that

 

[R2elk]

Now the question is whether I actually want that

Personally I like the looks of your Blue Slate tom better. The Blue Slate tom mated with the Black hen will produce 50% Blue Slate and 50% Black offspring.

 

[Capricoco]

Personally I like the looks of your Blue Slate tom better. The Blue Slate tom mated with the Black hen will produce 50% Blue Slate and 50% Black offspring.

The slates were the last turkeys we picked for our order, and they’re ok. Not my absolute favorite turkeys (bronzes take that place already), but if the crosses with what we have would be pretty then I’d be fine with keeping a slate. We have 3 bourbon red hens, and 1 bronze, black, Narragansett, and chocolate hen.

 

[R2elk]

The slates were the last turkeys we picked for our order, and they’re ok. Not my absolute favorite turkeys (bronzes take that place already), but if the crosses with what we have would be pretty then I’d be fine with keeping a slate. We have 3 bourbon red hens, and 1 bronze, black, Narragansett, and chocolate hen.

Have you played with the calculator?

Blue Slate over Bourbon Red will produce 50% Rusty Blacks and 50% Rusty Slates.

The Royal Palm tom with the Bourbon Reds will produce 50% Golden Narragansett hens and 50% Red Bronze toms.

The Narragansett gene is sex linked. Hens can only have one Narragansett gene. Using the Royal Palm tom will produce sex link poults. Depending on the cross the poults may be able to be sexed once they are dry from hatching. Unfortunately many of the crosses available to you look too similar to each other as poults to tell which is which.

Chocolate is also a sex link gene. A Chocolate hen cannot pass her brown color gene on to her female offspring. The same applies to your Narragansett hen and her single Narragansett gene.

 

[Capricoco]

Have you played with the calculator?

Blue Slate over Bourbon Red will produce 50% Rusty Blacks and 50% Rusty Slates.

The Royal Palm tom with the Bourbon Reds will produce 50% Golden Narragansett hens and 50% Red Bronze toms.

The Narragansett gene is sex linked. Hens can only have one Narragansett gene. Using the Royal Palm tom will produce sex link poults. Depending on the cross the poults may be able to be sexed once they are dry from hatching. Unfortunately many of the crosses available to you look too similar to each other as poults to tell which is which.

Chocolate is also a sex link gene. A Chocolate hen cannot pass her brown color gene on to her female offspring. The same applies to your Narragansett hen and her single Narragansett gene.

How do you get the royal palms in the calculator? I’ve figured everything else out but not that.

 

[R2elk]

How do you get the royal palms in the calculator? I’ve figured everything else out but not that.

b1b1 cgcg nn for a tom. b1b1 cgcg n- for a hen. You can find the genotypes either on the individual variety's page or on the Phenotypes and Genotypes page.

 

[Capricoco]

b1b1 cgcg nn for a tom. b1b1 cgcg n- for a hen. You can find the genotypes either on the individual variety's page or on the Phenotypes and Genotypes page.

Thank you!!! I also got some better pictures of each tom