I finally got my long-awaited for Royal Palm turkeys. Yay! Except the young pair I bought, supposed to be a hen and tom, are both toms. I found this out yesterday when I noticed the Spanish Black, and other turkey hens cooing, and both the Royal Palms fanning out and gobbling in reply. It's bird breeding season you know...and I was sad at first, but realized the toms are so beautiful I won't mind at all having two stately males fanning around the barnyard. They will mate with the other heritage breeds I have, and I'll get some interesting crossbreeds at any rate, until I can find some Royal Palm hens.
They're beautiful! Are they noisy/messy/smelly? Might be worth getting some matching girlies to keep them company. Do they lay an egg every day like chickens do? Are the eggs quite big?
ReplyDeleteLove the coloring on these turkeys! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI, too, would like some information about turkeys and eggs. I am glad you were not dissappointed and hope you can find some hens.
ReplyDeleteI love old breeds of turkeys. I raised three Burbon Red Turkeys a couple years back. I find that turkeys are friendlyer than chickens are. God bless
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well, I keep a variety of turkeys, and we do eat the eggs. The eggs are a bit larger than the average hen egg, and very tasty. They do lay, but like ducks and geese, they don't have as many as chickens. I prefer turkey eegs to duck or goose. The geese eggs are very large and rich. Quite good for baking and perfect for making an omellete for two people!
ReplyDeleteWow! He is flashy! I hope you get some of the stripes in the cross breeding.
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