bourbon red

  1. Koko Acres

    Turkey Squatting for me?

    I have three Bourbon Red turkey hens and one Bourbon Red turkey Tom. One of the turkey hens follows me around and squats when I turn to her. I’ve been petting her every time she does it because she’s so darned cute, but..is this going to continue forever? lol. This is my first experience with...
  2. EstlHope

    Turkeys possibly attacked, no visible injuries, droopy and lethargic with closed eyes

    Hello all, We are first time turkey owners and have 8 heritage breed turkeys that are about 4 months old. We also have chickens, in case it matters. We keep them in electric netting that is regularly rotated on pasture. They have a tractor for food/water with roosts inside, plus a large...
  3. WalkAwhilefarm

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  4. Azdaydream

    Jersey buff hen crossed with bourbon red tom

    Hello, so I was told that if I hatched poults from a jersey buff hen and a bourbon red Tom I would end up with some pure bourbon reds and some that were darker and not pure bourbon reds. This was infact the case. We have some babies that are dark chocolate brown in color of some that look as...
    • Azdaydream
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  5. ChickChic00

    Bourbon Red

    I bought two more turkey poults today and the person I get them from have heritage bourbon red. Well this time one of the poults I picked out has a very brown head and super light body color. Any idea why?
  6. D

    ISO bourbon red and royal palm eggs

    I’m looking for fertile bourbon red eggs and royal palm eggs. Will need shipped to Georgia.
  7. K

    Red Sweetgrass

    Hi all! This will be my first thread here so bare with me please. I am very new and limited to my Turkey genetics knowledge. I own Sweetgrass, which I believe are b’b’ cgcg. I want to use them, to make Fall Fire, which if I’ve learned correctly, is basically a Sweetgrass with one Red Gene, Rr...
    • Kayrush826
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  8. SlantedViewFarms

    Introduction from NC!

    I am an accidental farmer.... I moved to North Granville County in North Carolina 5 years ago looking for land to possibly have horses.... well... No horses; however, I have Boer Goats, 37 chickens (don't tell my hens, but I think my roosters are awesome!), and Bourbon Red Turkeys. I also...
  9. amymae1100

    Tom's or Hens?

    I have been wanting turkeys forever and especially since I had to give away my guineas because they started bothering the neighbors after 4 years of staying in our yard, darn things, (released them at a friend's drive-thru safari though :)) So I finally bought 1 tom (jake?) and 1 hen from a...
    • amymae1100
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  10. nikoleb

    Heritage bourbon red turkeys

    Looking for some good breeders of Heritage bourbon red turkeys either hatching eggs or poults. Thanks!
  11. libarena

    Boy?? Girl??

    I don’t know if these two are old enough to tell but i’m curious to know what you guys think. boys? girls? and how old?
    • libarena
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    • Forum: Turkeys
  12. T

    Sexing 9 Week Old Poults

    I got two turkey poults 6 weeks ago (when they were two weeks old) and the lady was almost positive they were a male (the darker one) and a female (the lighter one). However I’m just not sure and obviously it’s extremely difficult to sex young turkeys. I was told they were a mix of Bourbon Red...
    • TheEggPlant2014
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    • Replies: 4
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  13. S

    Single Turkey Poult + what to do with his dad

    Hi everyone! I'm new on here as a poster but I've visited BackYard Chickens many many times over the years to pick up advice - what a great space! So I have two questions... We have three Bourbon Reds, a stag and two girls, they'll all be nearly 2 years old now and the girls have been sat on...
    • sarahjm
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    • bourbon red merging poults
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  14. jennajolynne

    Red Bourbons: New to Turkey’s

    Hi there all. I recently acquired a red bourbon tom from a friend for free. He is awesome and we have really enjoyed him. He follows around are two broad breasted white hens and knew he needed some lady friends so we went and bought two red bourbon hens for him. Once isolation was complete we...
    • jennajolynne
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  15. MontainBourbons

    Bourbon Red Turkey Egg Exchange

    Hell, I have been raising Bourbon Red Turkeys for a while and I think I should get some new blood in my flock. I am willing to trade around 20 eggs for 20 eggs depending on what you can get with your flock. We can always ship them to each other. I have done so before Hopefully, we could have a...
  16. dog star

    Looking for Bourbon red poults

    Looking for Bourbon red poults that are selectively bred towards being an improved meat bird. I'm in Michigan, so a breeder in the upper midwest would be ideal. Also I'm open to hatching eggs, but prefer poults.
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