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CntryBoy777

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Sounding like a touch of "Spring Fever" going on over there..:)
I read somewhere a while ago, that chicks can be determined by the tips of the wings, but I can't remember right off hand just how it is done...it has something to do with the # of feathers....I think.
 

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The turkeys are either Artisan Gold or Mamouth Bronze but probably the AG based on pictures I searched for this afternoon.

I'll have to read up about sexing the Buffs.
 

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I found a link that said they are a rare hybrid, come from regions of France. Smaller and slower growing with a gamey taste.
 

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Here is their description - qualities that wouldn't make for a good production bird but they are as much for the novelty as anything else. They are pretty as turkeys go if they could be called pretty. :)

"The Artisan Gold is a rare breed that is smaller in size and slow growing. It has black feathers, unique colouring in the face and feet, long black legs, and a pronounced beak. It has natural tendencies such as roaming and roosting, and offers a robust, gamey taste that is exotically different from traditional turkeys."
 

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Hey I raise heritage turkeys, I'm all for non-production birds! Interesting, will be cool to hear how you like them.

Oh and I do find turkeys to be pretty. I guess you become accustomed to their strangeness, lol!
 
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