Self Blue Slate Turkey
A variety of the Slate Turkey
Turkey · Speckled cream eggs · Meat
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About the Self Blue Slate Turkey
Self Blue (or Lavender) Slates are a pale, even blue-grey without the standard's black flecking, giving a softer, solid-coloured bird. They sit outside the exhibition Slate colour, and breeding Self Blue to Self Blue progressively dilutes the colour, fading toward white over generations, so breeders periodically reintroduce a flecked Slate to hold the bluish tone. Otherwise it is the same critically rare, naturally-mating American heritage turkey, valued for foraging ability and flavour.
At a glance
- Egg colour
- Speckled cream
- Eggs per year
- About 60
- Purpose
- Meat
- Sizes
- Heritage
- Incubation
- 28 days
- Broodiness
- High
- Cold hardiness
- Hardy
- Purity
- Pure, Rare
- Origin
- United States
- Scientific name
- Meleagris gallopavo