I understand that years ago pretty much evey farm had turkeys thet they would round up and take to market each fall for the annual turkey feast. These were domestic birds with a variety of mixxed genetics. The farms kept specific ones for breeders but let most of the poults and hens loose for the summer. Each farmer had a different looking bird so you could tell them apart. Then everyone participated in the round-up. Lets not forget that unlike most domesticated animals these turkeys are only a couple hundred years removed from true wild birds. My bet is some of the wierd color variations are from some of these domestic traits being in the new wid bird genetics. Anyway it's from an article in the paper about getting old fashioned farm raised free range turkeys for thanksgiving and the history of the turkey farmers before it became big business. Correct me if I'm wrong please!