Black Spanish Turkeys
The Black is a very old variety, possibly the first variety to be developed. Probably some of the original turkeys taken to Europe were black. The Black turkey was very popular all across Europe, but especially in Spain and Norfolk County, England.There are two varieties of Black turkeys called the Spanish and the Norfolk. The Black turkey was admitted to the APA Standard in 1874. Standard weights are 33 pounds for toms and 18 for hens.
The adult Black Spanish are suppose to be completely black with solid black feathers, shanks and toes.But unfortunately most lines on the market today carry bronze and or narragansett genes, which shows up as a few bronze colored feathers here and there and also some will be a diluted black with a marbled or grizzled effect. I am presently developing a line that will be pure solid black like the standard calls for. So I will not be offering any this year, hopefully I will have enough breeders by 2009 to start making my black line available.
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