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The Royal Palm is a small variety
of turkey that was originally recognized by the American Poultry Association in 1971. They are considered a heritage breed
and are listed as critical by the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy.
Coloration: These turkeys are mainly white with a black band in the tail and lines of black feathers on the breast.
The back is black underneath the wings and the body feathers are white. They have a black beard and red or bluish heads and
wattles. The presence of any brown wing feathers is a disqualification.
Standard weights: Old Tom: 22 pounds, Young Tom: 16 pounds, Old Hen: 12 pounds, Young Hen: 10 pounds. Uses: They are to small for use in commercial food
production, but they are commonly used for food on small family farms and pest control. They are generally good foragers are
make excellent birds for free ranging.
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The guineafowl (sometimes called guineahen) are a family of birds in the same order as the pheasants, turkeys
and other game birds. The American Ornithologists' Union includes guineafowl (Numididae) as a subfamily of Phasianidae. Description and ecology: This is a family of African, insect and seed-eating, ground-nesting birds resembling partridges, but with featherless heads and spangled grey plumage. At least
three of the species are poorly studied. Domesticated guineafowl:
Guineafowl have a long history of domestication, mainly involving the Helmeted Guineafowl. The young, called "keets" are very
small at birth. The keets are kept in a brooder box inside the house until about 6 weeks of age, before being moved into a
proper coop/enclosure. They eat lice, worms, ants, spiders, weedseeds, and ticks while on range or they can also eat chicken
layer crumbles while housed in a coop
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