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Beltsville Small White
Meleagris gallopavo
A breed of Turkey, from United States
Breed of domestic turkey.
- Family
- Phasianidae
Keeping
How it is kept
For Turkey generally
No keeping details are recorded for this breed yet, so these are the species’.
Kept for
- Meat
- Mature weight
- 5–16 kg
- Incubation
- 28 days
- Temperament
- Curious and sociable; toms can be pushy in the breeding season
- Forage
- Need a high-protein turkey feed, especially while young. They enjoy foraging on grass, seeds and insects as well.
- Housing
- Roomy, well-ventilated housing with high perches and secure fencing. Heritage breeds fly, so clip wings or cover the run.
- Good to know
- Young turkeys, called poults, are delicate for their first weeks and need warmth and a high-protein starter feed. Keep turkeys apart from chickens where blackhead disease is a problem, because chickens can carry it without falling ill. Commercial broad-breasted strains grow too heavy to breed naturally.
The record
Breed facts
Appearance
- Colours
- WhiteWikidata (source, opens in a new tab)
Status
- FAO risk status
- CriticalWikidata (source, opens in a new tab)
Photos, videos and notes
From keepers
Full detailsevery field on the record, to copy
- Name
- Beltsville Small White
- Slug
- beltsville-small-white
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Family
- Phasianidae
- Genus
- Meleagris
- Species
- gallopavo
- Cultivar
- Beltsville Small White
- Wikidata QID
- Q3028286
- Origin country
- United States
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 52