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.

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.

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.

Breeds of wild turkey on the table in early America have nearly disappeared, replaced by bigger, faster-growing, cheaper to raise domestic birds. Accessibility links. Skip to main content; ...

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 ...

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 ...

The plump, big-breasted turkeys that will appear on millions of American kitchen tables this Thanksgiving are far different than the smaller, much rarer turkey breeds that once made up the ...

Wild Turkey uses only one mash bill for all of its bourbons, so Rare Breed comes from the same mix of 75 percent corn, 13 percent rye, and 12 percent malted barley.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Heritage breed turkeys are making a comeback. These birds taste more like the turkeys that Native Americans and settlers ate in the 17th century, compared to today's Butterball turkeys.