Beltsville Small White information

Beltsville Small White
	A historic photo of a Beltsville Small White breed turkey.
Conservation status	DAD-IS (2023): at risk/endangered; Livestock Conservancy (2023): critical;
Country of origin	United States
Distribution	Canada; United States;
Use	meat
Traits
Weight	Male: 17–21 lb (7.7–9.5 kg); Female: 10–17 lb (4.5–7.7 kg);
Skin color	white
Egg color	pale buff with reddish-brown spots
Classification
APA	American
PCGB	Light: White
	Domestic turkey; Meleagris gallopavo domesticus;

The Beltsville Small White is a modern American breed of domestic turkey.^[1]^[2]^[5] It was developed from 1934 at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center of the United States Department of Agriculture in Beltsville, Maryland,^[6] and was named for that town and for its physical characteristics — small size and white plumage.^[7] It enjoyed a brief period of commercial success in the mid-twentieth century, but numbers then declined sharply; in the twenty-first century it is an endangered breed, and may be considered a heritage turkey breed.^[2]^[8]

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Traits
A historic photo of a Beltsville Small White breed turkey.
Conservation status	DAD-IS (2023): at risk/endangered^[1] Livestock Conservancy (2023): critical^[2]
Country of origin	United States
Distribution	Canada United States^[3]
Use	meat
Weight	Male: 17–21 lb (7.7–9.5 kg)^[2] Female: 10–17 lb (4.5–7.7 kg)^[2]
Skin color	white
Egg color	pale buff with reddish-brown spots
Classification
APA	American^[2]
PCGB	Light: White ^[4]
Domestic turkey Meleagris gallopavo domesticus