Black Winged Bronze aka Crimson Dawn Turkeys
Purebred Black Winged Bronze Tom, A 1989 Photo by Michael Roberts
At one time a variety of turkey was developed in Texas by Tom Stodghill with this blackwinged bronze trait as a sport or mutation from the Bronze.
The distinguishing characteristic is the solid slatey-black primary wing feathers, secondary wing feathers have about 1/2 to 5/8 of an inch white edging on the ends.
The hens tend to be a bit lighter colored than the tom because of more distinct white lacing on the tips of their body feathers.
The major visual effect is the predominance of a brighter goldish-red cast to the iridescence of the feathers in the sunlight -- which is probably what really catches your eye. That's why the originator dubbed them "Crimson Dawns." It's a very fitting name.
The pattern is due to a simple autosomal gene which is a recessive allele to both black and bronze patterns -- B (black), b+ (normal wild bronze and b1 (black winged bronze). The "b1" allele is also what gives Royal Palm,Calico and Sweetgrass birds their solid slatey-black wings.
Purebred BWB genotype: (b1b1CCddEENNRR), This is the pure true breeding type.
Purebred BWB(Crimson Dawn) "do not" produce Sweetgrass.
They also "will not" have the tiger-like pattern going the length of each tail feather. The pure BWB will basically look like a normal bronze with mostly solid black wing feathers.
BWB pattern at day one
Poult price $8.50 each (Limit 6 per order)
A minimum order of 15 poults is required to be able to ship them safely so they will be able to keep each other warm enough in the box during shipping. So you may have to choose another variety or two to come up with the required number to ship. If you don't desire to place at least the minimum order of 15, we will not be able to except your request.
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