Recent content by Bo Garrett

Kevin also has a new spotted variety called Harvey Spotted, they are red spotted instead of black spotted as in the Nebraskans. They are entirely different from the painted or grizzled. The blue eyes are linked to the black gene, this is how I tell if my Holland Whites are black based or...

The ABA national is at the Oklahoma State Poultry Federation in Shawnee, OK this year and we have just been awarded the APA National for 2024, hope you are able to attend one of those. Hope to have a good showing of Brown's for the APA National. Blessings, Bo

Yep, the only pictures of Duffy birds I found were of hens but they were magnificent, unfortunately in black and white only! That was my thought but it has been easier to get the color right in the females as opposed to the males. Are you working on brown and wheaten in the bantams or large...

I often times have trouble distinguishing which is the turkey, especially of late!!!!

Having an extensive knowledge of poultry processing what you are doing now is called New York dressed poultry, this was the common method a century ago when refrigeration was not common, it gives the carcass a distinctive flavor due to not being eviscerated immediately. Cooking will kill...

Haven't posted any pictures nor have I shown them yet. The females are close to standard but the males are still a work in progress. The males either come with too little color (crow winged) or they come with too much color, ie; if they have the brown wing bay they have brown breasts. I am...

R2elk is correct, they are all turkeys. The variety is Narragansett possibly golden narragansett. Bo

Aspriation due to an overfilled crop. They drink so much the water comes back up and they strangle to death on it. They will fall over begin to convulse and die. If birds run out of water give them water for a short period then remove it, lather, rinse, repeat until they are rehydrated. Bo

Try "The Red Feather Farm", they have exhibition line black turkeys, some of the best I've seen. Lots of black turkeys out there but they are not pure black based so there is always bronze leakage. True black turkeys are homozygous for the "B" black gene. Bo

He is a tom, all I saw in the original pictures were the palm hens.

In avian genetics the female determines the sex of the offspring because she possesses the differentiating chromosome. It is the reverse of mammalian genetics where the male determines the sex. There are times that hens will produce all female poults or chicks for that matter, other times they...

Both are hen poults. Turkeys generally don't die from food poisoning, droopy for a couple of days and then dead, could be coccidiosis or blackhead.

It also depends on how long your feed withdrawal was before slaughter, this will affect the color of the livers. Generally, about 8 hours withdrawal is suggested anything over that and you will see the liver become discolored. This type of discoloration will not affect the quality or safety of...

This variety first appeared in a flock of bronze birds in California in the 1930's, they subsequently disappeared in the U.S. but the genetics were maintained in exported flocks and that is how Kevin was able to reintroduce them to the U.S. a few years ago. A contract has not be required for...

These birds are magnificent, I have about 12 of them but there are problems with the feather quality in this variety. They are much like self blues in that they have poor webbing of the sex feathers over the saddle and tail making them appear ragged. All in all, a very beautiful color, soft...