HERITAGE BREED TURKEYS

We raise Bourbon Red heritage breed turkeys for the holiday season.  These birds are one of the most beautiful of all turkey varieties. 

Like our chickens they live a free-range life and are pasture raised. 
 

  These turkeys can sell up to $10 / lb. elsewhere. 
Our price is $5 / lb. 

These turkeys are usually between 8 - 16 lbs.  Get your order in early, these go fast. 

Our produce is fresh, delicious, and grown here in our garden.  We use only the finest seeds.  Our soil is naturally composted and manured and provides an excellent and healthy growing environment for our heirloom produce.

We are currently seeking a location for our summer farm market. 

 Burbon Reds pasturing at the Blue Moon Farm

Commercial Turkey?
The traditional Thanksgiving turkey is different today than it was 50 years ago. Today, 99% of all turkeys raised in the U.S. are the “Broadbreasted White” variety.  

These birds are raised in confinement in extremely crowded conditions on factory farms.  They live in unnatural, uncomfortable conditions and are fed a steady diet of grain and supplements like antibiotics, rather than the grubs, bugs and grasses they should eat.

They are produced because of their large, white meaty breast. The breasts of these turkeys are so large that they are unable to reproduce naturally. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, without artificial insemination performed by humans, this variety of bird would become extinct in just one generation.

These turkeys are often injected with saline solution and vegetable oils in an attempt to help improve the taste and texture of the meat. These factory farmed birds tend to be dry and tasteless, so cooks have developed a variety of methods to try to improve the taste. Turkeys are now marinated, brined, deep fried and covered with syrups, spices and herbs.

Heritage Turkeys!
A heritage turkey has a specific set of genetic traits and was raised years ago. Almost all heritage turkeys are near extinction.  Heritage turkeys are raised outdoors, freely roam on pasture, and eat the varied diet nature intended them to eat.  They can reproduce without human intervention.

Heritage birds raised outdoors are juicy and succulent and taste the way a turkey is supposed to taste.  Consumers rave about the great taste and say once you buy one, you can't go back to the tasteless white turkeys found in most supermarkets.