White hen

[deerslayer126]

I look out my living room window and saw a white hen with a buch of toms and jakes. I was just wondering how rare they are.

[Get Some]

I've seen 3 or 4 atleast.I believe they are a mix breed.

[deerslayer126]

oh i was just wondering cuz i neer seen 1 before

[bestess hunter]

saw one this year, heard many reasons why white, genetics, inbreeding, going tame. Any of you biologist know why? Something to google tonight I guess.

[bowtechman1966]

i seen them in howell nj:thup:

[buckshooter59]

:(never seen one

[grtwhthunter/fisherman]

we got like 5 around here. some r white some r offwhite like blond

[ub1243]

10 years ago i had a whole flock, maybe 20. silver looking birds.
when the coyotes moved in to the area in numbers my flock crashed. the silver/white birds were the first to go.
now the birds learned to live with the coyotes, but the white birds are all gone.

[55project]

I never saw one in the wild either.. Must be pretty cool. :cool:

[marlin06]

I have a few white mix birds in one spot in howell. Probably hybrids. Bird numbers have been improving in that area.

[upbowhunter]

There are a few in a peice I deer hunt, Brokenwing has been hunting a white gobbler for years now.

[redneck]

yeah they are common in some areas and not so many in others. I heard that it is a genetic thing.

[Nevermoor]

When I lived in Egg Harbor Twp in the late 1990s we had a couple of hens that were part white come into the yard. Too bad I wasn't a hunter then. The yard was always full of game.

[QUACKHEAD]

i had a white tom come in hunting a farm near salem co i wasent sure if he was legal to shoot :huh:so i let him walk

[wvspurcollector]

I've hunted in Southern MD, South Central VA, And aolt in West VA. For my 50+ years of hunting and countless hundreds of birds I've seen and harvested, and other birds that fellow hunters have seen and taken, I've never seen or heard of a white turkey. In my opinion it must be a locally genetic strain of bird. I did see one at the Harrisburg show entered in the taxidermy contest this year.