White hen!

[pir8rn]

Not the greatest pic, but I pulled over on the side of the road to snap as she ran off into the woods.
This was about a mile from my land in Wilson county.

Looks like a legit albino to me (you can kinda see the eyes look red), over a
leucistic or smoke-phase. NWTF says they are pretty rare, and it's the first I've seen...


There is a free range guinea farm not far from my place, so I wonder if there's some mixed breeding going on...

 

[ScottyB]

There’s a couple around our place in Halfax…..

 

[Lawnscaper]

I've seen a few over in Johnston county a couple years ago always hens though.

 

[Justin]

You do realize white butterball turkeys were bred from those color phases? Neat to see in the wild anyway

 

[hawglips]

There's albino, and then there's just white. I've seen a white jake up close before - wasn't an albino. Never killed any color phase other than the normal color though.

 

[Mattyice1987]

this one lives not to far from me in Wayne county

 

[JONOV]

What are the chances he's an escapee from Old MacDonald?

 

[45/70 hunter]

I watched a flock of hens eating my deer corn keep running off a partly white hen.

 

[woodmoose]

What are the chances he's an escapee from Old MacDonald?

99.9999999%,,,,, give or take a 0.0000001%

 

[YanceyGreenhorn]

What are the chances he's an escapee from Old MacDonald?

Lol I read that as “ol McDonalds”. I thought heck , little did I know they’ve gone from subpar mystery meat sammiches to raising turkeys and killing upon order ! Wishful thinking

 

[Scrub]

Be good with some dumplings

 

[hawglips]

What are the chances he's an escapee from Old MacDonald?

About Zero

 

[bigdrumnc]

I shot one a few years ago. I couldn’t let him walk!

 

[woodmoose]

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I shot one a few years ago. I couldn’t let him walk!

House of Raeford escapee

 

[bigdrumnc]

House of Raeford escapee

Pretty far from there. Albino for sure. Pics were sent to a Wrc bio. He ate good though!