Teresa & Mike CHS - Our journal

[NH homesteader]

Love it!!! What kind of turkeys?

 

[Bruce]

Poultry math!!!!!
Time to build another coop.

 

[CntryBoy777]

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.

 

[Mike CHS]

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.

 

[Bruce]

IIRC SOME breeds can be wing sexed but not most.

 

[Mike CHS]

Poultry math!!!!!
Time to build another coop.

We are going to use part of the sheeps original shelter since they will be moving out hopefully next week.

 

[NH homesteader]

I have never even heard of the Artisan Gold. Are they a broad breasted breed?

 

[Bruce]

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

 

[Mike CHS]

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."

 

[NH homesteader]

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!