Leucistic hen - 05/30/23
Visiting a couple of friends in La Pine this weekend.. this thing walks on by. A first for me.
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Re: Leucistic hen - 05/30/23
Is this 'smoke phase'?
Hopefully not a domestic...
Hopefully not a domestic...
Re: Leucistic hen - 05/30/23
Now that’s different. Kind of almost albino.
Re: Leucistic hen - 05/30/23
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.
Re: Leucistic hen - 05/31/23
Never saw a turkey like that - that’s a beautiful bird……Thanks for sharing!
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Re: Leucistic hen - 05/31/23
A little Royal Palm in the woodpile!
Re: Leucistic hen - 05/31/23
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.
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.
Re: Leucistic hen - 06/01/23
We had some white turkeys and spotted birds, haven’t seen any in a couple of years.
Re: Leucistic hen - 06/01/23
cool looking bird, never seen one that looked like that before
Re: Leucistic hen - 04/02/24
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.
Re: Leucistic hen - 04/02/24
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.
Re: Leucistic hen - 04/02/24
Cool
Re: Leucistic hen - 04/02/24
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!
Re: Leucistic hen - 04/02/24
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!
Re: Leucistic hen - 04/02/24
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!