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rossbows

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My day was going to cut wood Saturday and came up on a flock of hen turkeys along the roadside. He said there was an all white hen. I have never seen one before. Has anyone else seen one before and how common are they. There is also a couple white deer in that area most be something in the water.
 
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White turkeys are commercial breeds. It's what Butterball raises for your Thanksgiving day feast.
 
saddlepants

saddlepants

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Ive seen albino wild turkeys in flocks once before out in Coshocton county. They are not as "white" as domestic turkeys. If it was real white it could have been a stray. I lost my peacocks to wild turkeys in the spring. Neighbors kept sayin "theres a Blue Turkey in the neighborhood" My male was under 3yo and didnt have his veil yet, LOL!!
 
Huckleberry Finn

Huckleberry Finn

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Very slim chance that it's an albino or 'ghost' turkey. Probably a domestic that's gotten loose, or a half wild/half domestic.
 
Derek j

Derek j

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They are also called silver phase. They have a lot of grey and white throughout them. I had a hen silver phase in a flock on the farm a couple years ago. You could tell she was calling the shots too. Wherever she went, the flock followed.
 
saddlepants

saddlepants

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Not as uncommon as you might think Huck
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jagermeister

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Yep, I've seen two of them in the past four years. I think they sometimes call them "smoke phase" turkeys as well. I don't think they're all that rare.
 
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