Anyone ever seen a Turkey that was mostly White?
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Anyone ever seen a Turkey that was mostly White?
Now I am not talking about a Farm Bird.
I saw this hen many times in the school yard at the school I teach at in Haralson county.
She must had a lack of pigment situation, because she had black mingled in the tips of her feathers.
I saw this hen many times in the school yard at the school I teach at in Haralson county.
She must had a lack of pigment situation, because she had black mingled in the tips of her feathers.
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THIS HEN PROBABLY HAS DOMESTIC GENES IN HER. SOMETIMES PEOPLE RELEASE DOMESTIC STOCK (OR THEY ESCAPE) INTO THE WILD THINKING THAT THEY CAN SURVIVE. DOMESTIC BIRDS CANNOT SURVIVE LONG BUT THEIR OFFSPRING (HYBREDS) OFTEN SURVIVE INTRODUCING THEIR GENES INTO THE WILD STOCK. OCCASIONALLY THESE GENES SHOW UP WITH WHITE COLORING IN THE FEATHERS.
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I have heard of it, but never seen one
I use to get the odd white one along the Saugeen River by Hanover (behind P&H foods/home of the butterball) years ago before they even had wild turkeys up there
But then they went & put a fence up around the place because of the workers threatening to go on strike & no more escapees
Shoot Straight
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I use to get the odd white one along the Saugeen River by Hanover (behind P&H foods/home of the butterball) years ago before they even had wild turkeys up there
But then they went & put a fence up around the place because of the workers threatening to go on strike & no more escapees
Shoot Straight
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Makes sense,flbuckmaster wrote:THIS HEN PROBABLY HAS DOMESTIC GENES IN HER. SOMETIMES PEOPLE RELEASE DOMESTIC STOCK (OR THEY ESCAPE) INTO THE WILD THINKING THAT THEY CAN SURVIVE. DOMESTIC BIRDS CANNOT SURVIVE LONG BUT THEIR OFFSPRING (HYBREDS) OFTEN SURVIVE INTRODUCING THEIR GENES INTO THE WILD STOCK. OCCASIONALLY THESE GENES SHOW UP WITH WHITE COLORING IN THE FEATHERS.
JAY
I saw this hen over about a 4 year period, Once the adjoing property was clear cut they quit coming.
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That is called a "Smoke"phase turkey.
My son killed one in South Dakota a few years back. I'll see if I can find a picture of it to post.
My son killed one in South Dakota a few years back. I'll see if I can find a picture of it to post.
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I think so too. I don't mean to rain on Deanmac's parade by any means ... neat picture and a rare sight ... but that hen looks too heavy in the breast to be pure wild ... to me, anyway.Cossack wrote:I agree that is likely the result of domestic turkey genes in the flock.
I know that it's not at all uncommon for people to let domestic turkeys run free in proximity to wild flocks.
In any case, it's a good photo ... don't see much of that.
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This is the one my son got in South Dakota.
As I undertand it the smoke phase doesn't have anything to do with being partial whiet domestic.
Lost of critters get funny colored from time to time.
I've seen some pretty neat looking rust colored wild turkeys
As I undertand it the smoke phase doesn't have anything to do with being partial whiet domestic.
Lost of critters get funny colored from time to time.
I've seen some pretty neat looking rust colored wild turkeys
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From Pennsylvania
http://www.pgc.state.pa.us/pgc/cwp/view ... 6&q=152421
“Of the several unusual color phases, (melanistic - black, erythritic - red, and smoke phase - gray or whitish) the smoke phase is the most common. Interestingly, complete albinos characterized by pink eyes and pure white feathers, as seen in domestic turkeys, have not been reported in wild turkeys.”
From Mississippi…..
Color Phases
The wild turkey has three distinct color variations from normal plumage coloration: melanistic (black), erythritic (red) and albinotic (white). These color variations occur infrequently with the white or smoky grey phase being the most common.
Recessive genes or mutations account for the color abnormalities. Partially white turkeys are reported annually in Mississippi. Most people incorrectly assume these birds have a domestic strain in their ancestry. These smoke gray phase birds are native wild turkeys and are capable of producing offspring that are partially white, normal colored, or a mix of partially white and normal colored birds within the same brood.
More than 95% of the reported observations of white turkeys are hens. Evidently, the potential of occurrence in gobblers is extremely rare. The most unusual turkey we know of is a gobbler harvested a couple of years ago in central Mississippi. The bird had solid dark wing feathers and a solid brownish tail except for a black iridescent stripe about one inch from the end of each tail feather. The front half his back consisted of brown feathers with the remaining half being black. The spurs were whitish or cream colored. Mother Nature must have taken a day off when this genetic mutation occurred.
http://www.pgc.state.pa.us/pgc/cwp/view ... 6&q=152421
“Of the several unusual color phases, (melanistic - black, erythritic - red, and smoke phase - gray or whitish) the smoke phase is the most common. Interestingly, complete albinos characterized by pink eyes and pure white feathers, as seen in domestic turkeys, have not been reported in wild turkeys.”
From Mississippi…..
Color Phases
The wild turkey has three distinct color variations from normal plumage coloration: melanistic (black), erythritic (red) and albinotic (white). These color variations occur infrequently with the white or smoky grey phase being the most common.
Recessive genes or mutations account for the color abnormalities. Partially white turkeys are reported annually in Mississippi. Most people incorrectly assume these birds have a domestic strain in their ancestry. These smoke gray phase birds are native wild turkeys and are capable of producing offspring that are partially white, normal colored, or a mix of partially white and normal colored birds within the same brood.
More than 95% of the reported observations of white turkeys are hens. Evidently, the potential of occurrence in gobblers is extremely rare. The most unusual turkey we know of is a gobbler harvested a couple of years ago in central Mississippi. The bird had solid dark wing feathers and a solid brownish tail except for a black iridescent stripe about one inch from the end of each tail feather. The front half his back consisted of brown feathers with the remaining half being black. The spurs were whitish or cream colored. Mother Nature must have taken a day off when this genetic mutation occurred.
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