Rearing Your Own Turkeys 2024

There is nothing like rearing your own Christmas dinner! Whether this is just a small number for yourself and for family or a larger number to sell to your customers……….turkeys can be a bit addictive!

We can supply day old turkeys or turkey poults off heat. You can be sure of a wonderful Christmas dinner for yourself and a great response from customers too!

Our turkeys are Norfolk Blacks and they are..

• From parent birds kept on a free-range, organic system, so they should have a healthier start in life.
• Bred naturally on our farm from small groups of stags and hens without the need for artificial insemination.
• Hatched from eggs laid in March onwards at the natural time in the spring.(No restricted lighting is used).
• A traditional slow growing breed that gives an excellent flavour and texture – year on year we receive an amazing response from customers. More than 90% of our custom is from repeat orders.

We are members of the Organic Poultry Breeders Association which is a group set up to promote the benefits of organically bred poultry. For producers who are registered as organic, we may be able to support your sales by supplying you with stickers for use on your bags or labels at Christmas.
More information at www.organicallybred.org

Oven ready weights: All our turkeys are supplied as a mixture of male and female – as hatched. For oven-ready weights we would expect hens to be between 4 and 7kg with most being between 4.5 and 5.5kgs. For stags we would expect a range of 7 to 10.5kgs with most being between 8 and 9kgs.  The earlier hatch dates tend to be heavier weights than the later hatch dates, but all have ample time to finish by Christmas.
Our turkeys have a much longer life than most other turkeys and this is indeed a good selling point!

Hatching and prices:
Our turkeys hatch from the beginning of May through until the middle of June.
Off-heat birds are available from the middle of June to the end of July.

The pricelist and other information for next season will be available from 31st January 2024.
To place an order, to request a price list or just to talk about turkeys, please phone 01837 871238 or email rosie@wonnacottfarm.co.uk .
We look forward to hearing from you.