Poultry Talk Ontario (pto.ca)

Okay..i need more turkey advice.....is she bronze? Black wing bronze or tiger bronze??
And is he a red slate or a lavender?
Yep they have been a breeding pair. The kid martin is holding in his hand in the good morning thread is from them. All the poults are striped black or grey on yellow. Thanks in advance...been playing with the turkey calculator and trying to wait for kids to grow up...lol

It's funny you say that. Visitors often say "wouldn't it be great if they stayed like fuzzies forever". To me a huge part of the thrill is seeing them grow and develop and with chickens, what colour is the mutt this time?

Totally agree KB. I'm just not sure i can house 31 (eeek....yes, 31-amazing what happens when the incubating conditions are correct LOL) poults until they are all feathered out and adult colour...i better get that one coop emptied and the other cleaned out so i have somewhere to put them all!
i like the fuzzybutts, but i also like "playing" in the genetics (as you know already i'm sure!)....so adult colouring is important. sigh. sucker for punishment i am. i will need to sell some of the kids, regardless but the wyoming sale isn't for another month....so hope they hurry up and feather in! LOL

Thinking red bronze. She must look quite striking with the sun on her. The red would show well then, if she is a red bronze. Those tail feathers on the tom look more lavender but otherwise I'd guess rusty slate. Have fun!

Thanks Epona!!
All their kids are yellow with various black and reddish lines on them....and certainly at least one of their kids is going to be a red slate...which is totally possible if she's a red bronze and he's a red slate or a red lavender...and i'm pretty sure a couple of them are going to be bronze or black winged bronze from the looks of how dark they are already on the wings and shoulders.
i have another 7 or 8 poults from them in varying stages of feathering in, so i'll keep track of those too. at least running all the possibilities through porter's calculator gives me basically the parents type back again...both boys and girls.

Porter's calculator is awesome. Cant't believe how dead on the percentages in my hatches last year were replicated in the calculator. Don't know what I did before it came along. Hoping to focus on size development this year in my crew.

Also seriously hoping that my one Sweetgrass Jenny survives the summer and lays well. She certainly is interested, but not broody yet. I am trying to find a Ridley bronze Jenny for the Sweetgrass tom to get a darker chocolate brown in the off spring that will be Sweetgrass. My red bronze Jenny produces few Sweetgrass without the depth of colour I'm looking for. Lots of fun!

You are way ahead of me in hatches. I only do natural, so patiently waiting for a turkey or chicken hen to go broody so I can get some turkey eggs cracking! LOL

Some kids are feathering is with lots of red and brown showing up....curious to see how they end up. They were yellow chicks without stripes lol.