Narragansett Tom

HigginsRAT wrote:Heel low:

The colour pattern for Nari is suppose to be gender linked. I say "suppose to" because I also see some plus or minus modifiers expressed in the phenotypes of "both" genders which may or may not explain the different light to dark variances and indeed, the pattern crispness expressed in the feathers of some of these kinds of turkeys.

This said, a Narragansett female is Nari or she is not. She cannot be split like a male may be. A male Narragansett may be pure for Nari (ng/ng) or Split (Ng"+"/ng). The split male has me thinking this is where an impure Nari boy is showing the pattern in the darker, more Bronzy form. It has to be an impure MALE turkey, never a female as a female Narragansett may only EVER be ng/-.

Sorta like the golden legged chicken girls I have spoken of. A golden girl is yellow legged or she is not yellow legged since being a female bird, she has only one "spot" for this allele.


http://www.porterturkeys.com/narragansett.htm

I see some Naris I consider far far too "light" and wonder if other colour genetics might be rearing their heads...a possible crossing with Royal Palms would assist in explaining the smaller stature seen in some Nari strains. Porter mentions his Nari toms are 33 pounds and his hens are 18 pounds and the poults are almost "indistinguishable from the bronze." SOP RP's are only 22#'s and 12#'s when matured. Royal Palm has the Nari allele in it. Pure breeding RP's being Black Winged Bronze, Palm and Narragansett (b1/b1, cg/cg, & ng/ng or ng/- ).

If the poults you are producing from suspect "Nari" breedings are lighter/whiter than what wild type Bronze poults look like, I would suspect that there may be Royal Palm colour genetics tainting your Narragansett line.

Hope this helps.

Doggone & Chicken UP!

Tara Lee Higgins
Higgins Rat Ranch Conservation Farm, Alberta
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