Feather Acres
Specializing in Rare Breed Poultry Preservation
****PLEASE NOTE!!!!****
I have had quite a few people contact me in the last couple of months about John's rare birds. THESE ARE NOT MY BIRDS! These birds all belong to a friend of a friend who is VERY protective of them and rarely if ever sells them. He is a few generations into his Ocellated turkey cross program and it is going successfully. I was just thrilled with the opportunity to see the beautiful Ocellated turkeys in person. I posted these pictures so more people could see what these rare breeds look like because there seemed to be a shortage of information and pictures on them, especially the Ocellateds.
John's Place 2005
I was SO lucky to be able to see these birds in person and get some very rare photos of them! Thank you so much John for the opportunity of a lifetime! Your birds are AMAZING! John also has some Toulouse/Embden Cross Geese for sale. If anyone is interested contact me! The ganders look like silver Embdens...very pretty!
Gorgeous Crowned Pigeons. The largest of the pigeon family. The males make an amazing booming sound during breeding season.
Little Yellow Beaked guy, can't remember what he's called.
BEAUTIFUL male Common Bronzewing dove. He's sitting on eggs here.
Below are all the pictures I got of the birds I went over originally to see. The very rare Ocellated Turkey. John has a pair of them. They are very hard to breed in captivity. They have very interesting bright yellow caruncles on the tops of their heads. They really are amazing! He has crossed them with the Black Spanish and got some beautiful colors on them as well. See pics below.
Pair
Tom
Tom's Tail
Crosses, note the peacock coloring in their
feathers.