Rio Grande Wild Turkey poults for sale. These can only be shipped with
Merriam turkeys and
Osceolla Turkeys. Minimum order on these is 10 turkey poults. No minimum on Turkey eggs.
The Rio Grande Wild Turkey is native to the central plains states and got its common name from the area in which it is found the life giving water supply which borders the brushy scrub, arid country of the southern Great Plains, western Texas, and northeastern Mexico.
The Rio Grande Wild Turkey was first described by George B. Sennett in 1879 who said it was intermediate in appearance between the eastern and western subspecies, hence its scientific name Meleagris gallopavo intermedia.
The Rio Grande Wild Turkey is similar in general appearance to the other subspecies of the wild turkey and similar in body size to the Florida turkey, about 4 feet tall, but with disproportionately long legs. Rio Grande turkey poults can only be shipped with Mirriam's turkeys and Osceola Turkeys. Minimum order on these is 10 of these kinds of turkey poults. The Rio Grande turkeys are comparatively pale and copper colored. The Rio Grande Wild Turkeys are distinguished from the eastern and Florida subspecies by having tail feathers and tail/rump coverts tipped with yellowish-buff or tan color rather than medium or dark brown. Although there has been more variation in the shade of buff/brown in the tail feathers among Rio specimens, the color is consistently lighter than in the eastern or Florida birds and darker than the same feathers in the Merriam's or Goulds subspecies.
Many who love wildlife want to raise wild turkeys Rio Grande turkeys in particular. Sorry we CANNOT SHIP to Alabama, New Hampshire, Maine, North Carolina, Virginia, South Carolina or Georgia. Other states, please check with your state regulatory agency for any necessary permit. Photo is compliments of our breeder Boggy Bottom Bantams.
