Title: White hen
Post by: idgobble on June 08, 2020, 12:20:08 PM
Post by: idgobble on June 08, 2020, 12:20:08 PM
This hen and her chicks have been hanging around our farm in VT since May. Sometimes a gobbler is with them. Chicks too small and young to make out colors except brown. Opinions?
Title: Re: White hen
Post by: GobbleNut on June 08, 2020, 12:53:54 PM
Post by: GobbleNut on June 08, 2020, 12:53:54 PM
Very cool! Pretty hen turkey. Hope she (and some of her poults) survive and that genetic gets passed on once in a while.
Title: Re: White hen
Post by: 310 gauge on June 08, 2020, 03:17:21 PM
Post by: 310 gauge on June 08, 2020, 03:17:21 PM
Sweet! Thanks for sharing.
Title: Re: White hen
Post by: Marc on June 08, 2020, 03:22:11 PM
Post by: Marc on June 08, 2020, 03:22:11 PM
Very cool!
I would say it is a leucistic color variation... (Which is also what a smokey color phase basically is).
I would say it is a leucistic color variation... (Which is also what a smokey color phase basically is).
Title: Re: White hen
Post by: Turkeyman on June 08, 2020, 03:23:19 PM
Post by: Turkeyman on June 08, 2020, 03:23:19 PM
I love to see turkeys with various color phases.
Title: Re: White hen
Post by: Yoteduster on June 08, 2020, 03:31:12 PM
Post by: Yoteduster on June 08, 2020, 03:31:12 PM
Very cool
Title: Re: White hen
Post by: idgobble on June 08, 2020, 03:48:31 PM
Post by: idgobble on June 08, 2020, 03:48:31 PM
Looking the other way.
Title: Re: White hen
Post by: idgobble on June 08, 2020, 03:53:22 PM
Post by: idgobble on June 08, 2020, 03:53:22 PM
A friend sent me this picture he found on the Internet after I sent him the photo of the white hen in VT. About 40 years ago, while turkey hunting in the Black Hills of WY, I saw some wild turkeys with considerable white in them. Locals claimed they were the result of wilds that had mated with farmer's domestics.
Title: Re: White hen
Post by: idgobble on June 08, 2020, 03:58:42 PM
Post by: idgobble on June 08, 2020, 03:58:42 PM
Here's a bear up in that same tree a couple years ago.
Title: Re: White hen
Post by: Beards and Hooks on June 08, 2020, 03:59:23 PM
Post by: Beards and Hooks on June 08, 2020, 03:59:23 PM
That is a really pretty hen for sure, thanks for sharing.
Title: Re: White hen
Post by: Greg Massey on June 08, 2020, 05:10:30 PM
Post by: Greg Massey on June 08, 2020, 05:10:30 PM
That's a pretty hen.. nice gobbler picture also...
Title: Re: White hen
Post by: Tom007 on June 09, 2020, 07:11:13 AM
Post by: Tom007 on June 09, 2020, 07:11:13 AM
Wow, thanks for sharing
Title: White hen
Post by: AppalachianHollers on June 09, 2020, 10:29:38 AM
Post by: AppalachianHollers on June 09, 2020, 10:29:38 AM
Beautiful snow camo'd hen! 
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Title: Re: White hen
Post by: Sir-diealot on June 09, 2020, 11:34:19 AM
Post by: Sir-diealot on June 09, 2020, 11:34:19 AM
You get one of her looking forward and it will be a perfect mugshot set! Very pretty bird.
Title: Re: White hen
Post by: idgobble on June 09, 2020, 11:51:36 AM
Post by: idgobble on June 09, 2020, 11:51:36 AM
Quote from: Sir-diealot on June 09, 2020, 11:34:19 AM
You get one of her looking forward and it will be a perfect mugshot set! Very pretty bird.
I live in the NW. One of my sisters took the photos. I'll tell her to try for more. It would be fun to see her with the poults.
Title: Re: White hen
Post by: Sir-diealot on June 09, 2020, 03:48:41 PM
Post by: Sir-diealot on June 09, 2020, 03:48:41 PM
Quote from: idgobble on June 09, 2020, 11:51:36 AMYes it would.Quote from: Sir-diealot on June 09, 2020, 11:34:19 AM
You get one of her looking forward and it will be a perfect mugshot set! Very pretty bird.
I live in the NW. One of my sisters took the photos. I'll tell her to try for more. It would be fun to see her with the poults.
Title: Re: White hen
Post by: Cowboy on June 09, 2020, 04:42:18 PM
Post by: Cowboy on June 09, 2020, 04:42:18 PM
Nice pic.
Title: Re: White hen
Post by: troutfisher13111 on June 09, 2020, 06:00:40 PM
Post by: troutfisher13111 on June 09, 2020, 06:00:40 PM
Gorgeous
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Title: Re: White hen
Post by: idgobble on June 09, 2020, 10:27:36 PM
Post by: idgobble on June 09, 2020, 10:27:36 PM
Quote from: Marc on June 08, 2020, 03:22:11 PM
Very cool!
I would say it is a leucistic color variation... (Which is also what a smokey color phase basically is).
I think you're probably correct. https://www.nwtf.org/hunt/article/leucistic-eastern-wild-turkey
https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Leucistic+Wild+Turkey&FORM=IRBPRS&=0