What turkey breeds do I have?

[happyhens120]

Hi all! I've had chickens for awhile and have recently fallen in love with turkeys as well. I have two beautiful bronze hens that are super tame, and I had a Tom that I think ran off. I got some more recently and I'm not quite sure what they are. I'm pretty sure the white one is a Royal Palm. The two darker ones share some similarities with my bronze girls but have some lighter colored feathers,

and I have 5 that are a dark brown color:

Any thoughts? Thanks!

 

[R2elk]

Hi all! I've had chickens for awhile and have recently fallen in love with turkeys as well. I have two beautiful bronze hens that are super tame, and I had a Tom that I think ran off. I got some more recently and I'm not quite sure what they are. I'm pretty sure the white one is a Royal Palm. The two darker ones share some similarities with my bronze girls but have some lighter colored feathers, and I have 5 that are a dark brown color:
Any thoughts? Thanks!

I don't know what you have but the one that you think is a Royal Palm is definitely not a Royal Palm. Royal Palms only have black and white and do not have any brown feathers.

http://www.porterturkeys.com/royalpalm.htm

 

[LilJoe]

Actually I've seen some Royal Palms with that coloring and the two next to that one are either standard bronze or BB Bronze. The really dark brown one could be a black Spanish mix. But I'm not a turkey expert so..

 

[R2elk]

Actually I've seen some Royal Palms with that coloring and the two next to that one are either standard bronze or BB Bronze. The really dark brown one could be a black Spanish mix. But I'm not a turkey expert so..

What you have seen are not Royal Palms. Pure Royal Palms do not have any color other than black and white. There are far too many turkeys being sold as something they are not because the sellers and buyers do not know any better.

http://www.porterturkeys.com/royalpalm.htm

 

[LilJoe]

What you have seen are not Royal Palms.  Pure Royal Palms do not have any color other than black and white.  There are far too many turkeys being sold as something they are not because the sellers and buyers do not know any better.

http://www.porterturkeys.com/royalpalm.htm

could be a RP mix then

 

[austria89]

My guess:
1x b1b1 cgcg N- (Sweetgrass)
2x bb Ccg n- (kind of Dark Grey)

 

[R2elk]

could be a RP mix then

Or it could be a Sweetgrass mix.

 

[LilJoe]

Actually looks like a Sweetgrass!

 

[R2elk]

Actually looks like a Sweetgrass!

That isn't what my Sweetgrass look like.

http://www.porterturkeys.com/sweetgrass.htm

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/966414/a-century-of-turkey-talk-2000-2100/9450#post_17481714

 

[austria89]

That isn't what my Sweetgrass look like.

Here in Europe there exist 5 variation of sweetgrass.

• hermelin
• gelbschulter
• rebhuhnfarbig
• lachsfarben
• fahlfarbig

They all look different.