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Mottled Black Turkeys

We developed this strain of Mottled Blacks , other lines also have bronze and or red colored feathers mixed in as well but our line is only black and White spotted.Each white feather has small to large random black spotting. Their feathers resemble that of the immature Bald Eagle.Our feather buyers use these as eagle substitutes in their Native American style craft projects.This has been our goal in breeding these for years, as we want a bird that has feathers that are almost identical to an eagle and we have done it with these. They breed around 75% true to color/pattern they will also sport out Royal Palms, Marbled Blacks,Silver Dapples and an occasional pure white is also possible,but the majority of the offspring will be Mottled Black.

The amount of spotting a bird gets will increase after each moult, they will reach their maximum spotting potential by their third year.

There is several possible genotypes in my line.

(BBCcgngng),(Bb1Ccgngng) and (Bb+Ccgngng) The first genotype being completely black based with palm and narragansett modifying genes,The second type also carries a black winged bronze gene and the third carries a bronze gene. Others may also be cgcg or cgc at this locus in any of the combinations above. I will be working toward breeding the BWB,White and Bronze genes out to develop a true breeding Mottled Black with a genotype of (BBcgcgngng).

We will only include black colored poults in orders so you have the best possible chance at getting Mottled Blacks.

Please remember that Marbled Black and Mottled black do look the same at hatch so there is no guarantees that every poult ordered will be mottled,but the majority should be.

Nicely patterned Mottled Black groups

Individual feather examples showing the black & white spotted pattern.

Poult Price $8.50 each ( Limit 10 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.