Turkey Genetics ( Bronze Tom crossed with Royal Palm ).

[jennjen2011]

Hello. I recently hatched some turkeys from a Heritage Bronze Tom and Royal Palm female, I know they all should be bronze and I have hatch quite a bit this year and so far all have been clearly bronze, but this last batch I had an old ball, it is a lot lighter, just wondering from people more experienced what other color can be produced from this mix? Thanks in advance. Attached is pic of poult in question with it's siblings.

 

[R2elk]

The poults should not be pure Bronze. Porter's color calculator used to list the results as Bronze Semi-color Semi gray split to black winged bronze and split to Narragansett for the males and the hens as Bronze Semi-color Semi gray split to black winged bronze.

Now they list it as Bronze- split to black winged bronze and split to Narragansett for the males and the hens as Bronze- split to black winged bronze.

Your odd looking poult may be due to a hidden recessive gene that either the father or the mother carries or there is the possibility of a genetic color mutation. Another possibility is that one of the eggs is not from that mating.

 

[jennjen2011]

The poults should not be pure Bronze. Porter's color calculator used to list the results as Bronze Semi-color Semi gray split to black winged bronze and split to Narragansett for the males and the hens as Bronze Semi-color Semi gray split to black winged bronze.

Now they list it as Bronze- split to black winged bronze and split to Narragansett for the males and the hens as Bronze- split to black winged bronze.

Your odd looking poult may be due to a hidden recessive gene that either the father or the mother carries or there is the possibility of a genetic color mutation. Another possibility is that one of the eggs is not from that mating.

Thank you!

 

[austria89]

Color wise it looks like the male was carrying a Narragansett gene as well.

The lighter poult is most likely a Narragansett.

If you have pictures of both of the parents, this would help to make a more precise determination.

 

[jennjen2011]

Color wise it looks like the male was carrying a Narragansett gene as well.

The lighter poult is most likely a Narragansett.

If you have pictures of both of the parents, this would help to make a more precise determination.

 

[jennjen2011]

I attached a photo! The chick is from the very first batch I hatched from them