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Bourbon Red Turkey

Part of the Poultry honor.

{{Breed id | name = Bourbon Red | image =Bourbon Red tom close-up.jpg |description =The Bourbon Red is a handsome breed of turkey with white feathers at its wing tips and tail, and brownish burgundy feathers covering most of the rest of its body. It has a bluish wattle, a black beard, and pink shanks and toes. The Red Bourbon is named for Bourbon County, Kentucky where the breed was developed in the late 1800’s by J. F. Barbee. Recognized by the American Poultry Association in 1909, it became a commercially important breed in the 1930’s and 1940’s. Its decline is attributed to the popularity of broad-breasted varieties such as the Broad-breasted White.

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