Albino turkeys

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Albino turkeys

Postby gibbs300 » Tue Jan 03, 2012 3:48 pm

Does anyone know if it is bad to have them in your flock. Someone told me they are more prone to carry disease or get disease.
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Re: Albino turkeys

Postby stang67 » Tue Jan 03, 2012 7:18 pm

It is true that they usually don't live as long.
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Re: Albino turkeys

Postby gibbs300 » Tue Jan 03, 2012 8:52 pm

stang67 wrote:It is true that they usually don't live as long.
But is that due to them being white and no being able to hide as well from predators
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Re: Albino turkeys

Postby Jake St. John » Tue Jan 03, 2012 11:56 pm

This one did not last long. He was an early hatched two year old with some amber in his beard. Course, when I shot it, there were three about the same size, and it was just off the roost. Did not know it was a white phase.
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I don't think that it affects the population at all. High water and not having a hatch 5 out of the last 6 years will do a number on your turkey population on the big river though.
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