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Author Topic: Albino Turkey  (Read 410 times)

Offline Lewis Brookshire III

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Albino Turkey
« on: June 07, 2009, 05:13:00 PM »
Anyone ever seen one?? Driving home from Church today I had an Albino Hen along with her poults walk across the road right in front of us. I didnt have a camera but we watched her for about 5 minutes.

I have never seen pics or ever even heard of an Albino turkey...anyone?

Also, I have seen the fancy stark white turkeys you see on some farms and this one was more cream colored...not like the stark white farm turks.
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Offline KENDALL TECHAU

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Re: Albino Turkey
« Reply #1 on: June 07, 2009, 07:23:00 PM »
I've seen a smoke gray colored hen.The wings were barred.I got afew picture of it from my neighbors barn/hay loft.
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Offline Lewis Brookshire III

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Re: Albino Turkey
« Reply #2 on: June 07, 2009, 07:29:00 PM »
I wish I would have had the camera. This one was solid creamy white all the way up to and on the head....no other color at all. Very strange sighting.
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Offline bowhunterfrompast

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Re: Albino Turkey
« Reply #3 on: June 07, 2009, 07:29:00 PM »
Saw an all white turkey in the woods once, while bowhunting in the fall. It stayed in the middle of the flock the whole time.
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Offline VA Bowbender

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Re: Albino Turkey
« Reply #4 on: June 07, 2009, 08:32:00 PM »
I thought you warned to stop hunting at the Butterball Turkey Farm.
 

 

 

 
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Offline Lewis Brookshire III

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Re: Albino Turkey
« Reply #5 on: June 07, 2009, 08:47:00 PM »
LOL, yeah...I know but I cant help myself.

 I have now read where albino birds are much more common than most species of animal. And there is actually a "Silver" phase of turkey as well....very interesting.
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Offline Lewis Brookshire III

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Re: Albino Turkey
« Reply #6 on: June 07, 2009, 08:48:00 PM »
And by the way, this was in the middle of nowhere. No farms even remotely close that I know of.....
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Offline RC

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Re: Albino Turkey
« Reply #7 on: June 07, 2009, 10:15:00 PM »
Lewis, I got an Albino hen on film at Ocmulgee WMA this past bow season. Next time your in camp I`ll bring my camera and let you check it out.RC
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Offline Lewis Brookshire III

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Re: Albino Turkey
« Reply #8 on: June 07, 2009, 11:20:00 PM »
RC, man I REALLY need to get back down there. I have been out of the woods for wayy too long. I would like to see the pic as well. It was really cool watching this hen today. The whole family sat on the side of the road after Church just watching her and the poults eating on the side of the road at the edge of the woods.
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Offline Ike 403

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Re: Albino Turkey
« Reply #9 on: June 08, 2009, 10:47:00 PM »
I've never seen a live one but one of my lodge brothers has one mounted that he took here locally (SE Ky). Strange-lookin critter. I'll try to get a couple pics this weekend. KDFWR declared "open season" on white turkeys (not particularly albino) here so they wouldn't taint the gene pool. Apparently a bunch of domestics were turned loose and they began breeding with the wilds.
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