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Visiting a couple of friends in La Pine this weekend.. this thing walks on by. A first for me. ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/qvJhBPM9/PXL-20230530-013419755.jpg) star names for boys
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Is this 'smoke phase'? Hopefully not a domestic... 
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Now that’s different. Kind of almost albino.
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I had a hen that color on my farm and saw her with the flock for several years in a row. The flock has moved elsewhere and I haven’t seen them in awhile.
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Never saw a turkey like that - that’s a beautiful bird……Thanks for sharing!
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A little Royal Palm in the woodpile!
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Wonder how they get like that? Naturally, color variations are natural in lots of animals. Just wondering about what Longarm said, maybe a little domestic infiltrated the gene pool.
No doubt some smart ass wild Tom hopped the fence into a domestic turkey farm and said to a hen "Say, do you have some WILD turkey in you?" "No," she said in response. "Want some?" says the wild Tom with a grin.
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We had some white turkeys and spotted birds, haven’t seen any in a couple of years.
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cool looking bird, never seen one that looked like that before
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I had a gray hen like that in southern IN. Saw her for about 3 yrs then she disappeared. Haven’t seen one like it since. Very cool.
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Have seen a lot of turkeys in 50 some years, never seen one like her. And I'm willing to bet some clown will shoot her.
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I usually only see the back end of a hen as it's running away from me! Lol! Neat pic, always something interesting to see out there!
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Don’t think that is domestic breeding influence. We have lots of those crossbreeds west of here and the tame/ wild hybrids display snow white feathers not the smoky grey color of that little gal. Really a cool thing to see!
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A guy I know , wife shot a nice Tom that color a couple if years ago. DNR said it was a wild bird, just a lack of color geans, they had it mounted, prettiest Tom iv ever seen!
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