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Turkeys |
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By: Deborah Moorer Date: March 9, 2018, 2:11 am |
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I have two turkeys and they are just so awesome! I love talking |
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to my turkeys! Their communication is so enjoyable! |
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John Henry is my Gobbler and Pearl is my hen! |
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I do not know breeds for exact because both of them was given to |
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me... After research and comparison I believe my gobbler is a |
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Standard Bronze and i'm sure my female is a Blue Slate |
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Information below provided via; |
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http://www.roysfarm.com/turkey-breeds/ |
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About Standard Bronze |
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Standard Bronze turkey is one of the largest heritage turkey |
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breeds. They have also been the most popular turkey breeds in |
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American history. Bronzes were originally a cross between the |
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native wild turkeys (discovered by Europeans) in America and the |
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turkeys brought to the colonies by Europeans. Among the Standard |
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Bronze varieties, the Broad-Breasted Bronze is the most |
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commercially raised variety and most have been bred by |
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artificial insemination since the 1960s. But this variety was |
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replaced by the Broad-Breasted White at that time. Because white |
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feathers of Broad-Breasted White turkeys led to a cleaner |
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looking and they become most commercially acceptable turkey |
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breed. On an average, an adult hen weights about 16 pounds and a |
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tom can reach about 25 pounds. Although birds which are |
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available nowadays may be smaller than this. |
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About Blue Slate |
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Blue slate is a domestic turkey breed. They have slate gray |
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color plumage. They are lighter birds and are also sometimes |
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called Lavender turkeys. |
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Actually slate turkey breed may be any number of shades between |
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white and pure black. They are among the beautiful heritage |
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turkey breeds. Adult Blue Slate hen can weight about 14 pounds |
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and an adult tom can weight about 23 pounds. |
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Re: Turkeys |
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By: Terry Prichard Date: March 28, 2018, 9:33 am |
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Two very nice looking turkeys. Are they breeding yet? |
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Re: Turkeys |
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By: Angela Fore Date: March 28, 2018, 3:01 pm |
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Thank you for starting this topic, Deborah. :) |
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Re: Turkeys |
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By: Deborah Moorer Date: April 21, 2018, 11:28 pm |
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[quote author=Terry Prichard link=topic=259.msg706#msg706 |
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date=1522247588] |
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Two very nice looking turkeys. Are they breeding yet? |
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[/quote]Yes. They are [emoji847] |
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