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Here is something different.......
The horse stud farm that i look after during the week has a variety of wildlife that makes good hunting.
Species of deer, rabbits, possums, wild cats, magpies and other non native invasive species like peacocks etc.....
The owners have decided to add to the mix.
They purchased 6 turkeys to supplement their larder.
Looking at the birds, I recognise some of them as being Merriams but I had to look up the interwebs to find this odd looking one.......
Its a Royal Palm turkey, a domestic breed which is kept mainly as an ornamental species.
Seeing as how there are a couple of Royal Palm males and 2 Merriam females plus what appears to be 2 Royal Palm females it will be interesting to see what the chicks look like.........and taste like when we start culling them for the table after they breed....... 
Still enjoying the trip of a lifetime and making the best of what I have.....
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Most heritage turkey breeds declined after the adoption of the Broad Breasted White by the turkey industry; the Royal Palm is an endangered breed and is classified as "watch" by the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy. It is also included in Slow Food USA's Ark of Taste, a catalog of heritage foods in danger of extinction. The Australian and United States both report the breed as endangered to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.[1]
It’s a °IIIII° thing 😎
At a place where we boarded the horses a few years before I built my ranch they had a standard Broad Breasted White that they grew as a "pet" ( the reason why you'd grow a meat animal as a pet eludes me).
That bastard was about 40 lbs and a MEAN SOB to boot. He was on the receiving end of a few soakings with the hose I used to water the horses in their stalls when he'd puff up to try to intimidate me. During the evening feeding he would relentlessly come after the grain buckets in my hand which earned him a few backhands across the head. Not too smart and not too fast...
It’s a °IIIII° thing 😎