Learn the most common heritage turkey breeds and the pros and cons of each one to help you choose what breed of turkey to raise on a small farm.

The Royal Palm is the only breed we raise that is not specifically raised as a meat turkey but more of an ornamental type. The breed dates to the 1920s and ’30s. With the black and white color ...

Some modern turkey breeds, such as the Broad-Breasted White, can grow nearly three times that fast, according to another estimate. That rapid growth isn't just a problem for the animals but for ...

Taste Test: Heritage turkey breeds November 13, 2012 More than 12 years ago Penned turkeys look through the fencing on a poultry farm in Evans City, Pa. on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011.

Preserving Historic Turkey Breeds in Kansas Frank Reece isn't happy about this country's turkey crisis. He's raising what he calls "heritage" breeds of turkeys on his farm in Lindsborg, Kan.

The modern turkeys are very different from what our ancestors knew. People wanted as much white meat for as cheap as possible, so, in the mid-20th century, turkey breeds now known as production ...

A few weeks ago, I found myself talking to turkeys. Not talking turkey, mind you. I was talking to some stunning Bourbon Reds with blue snoods, Black Spanish beauties, flashy black-and-white ...

Not all turkeys are headed for Thanksgiving tables. Tom, all 20-plus pounds of him, will spend the holiday strutting around a pen he shares with several breeding hens. Other turkeys in a nearby ...

For turkey breeds, they offer Black Spanish, Blue Slate, Bourbon Red, Broad-Breasted Bronze, Narragansett, Royal Palm and Broad-Breasted Whites. Ideal Poultry. Shol / Getty Images.

Increased attention to animal welfare and shifting consumer demands has helped create a sizable, though still niche, market for so-called “heritage turkeys.” These smaller breeds are ...

Known collectively as “heritage turkeys,” many of the ancient breeds almost went extinct in the late 1990s.