Rearing Your Own Turkeys 2026
 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.
 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 second week of May through until the third week of June.
Off-heat birds are available from the middle of June to the end of July.
Price per turkey (collected from our farm): |
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Less than 12 |
12 or more |
30 or more |
80 or more |
| Day old turkeys |
£11.40 |
£11.15 |
£10.90 |
£10.65 |
Turkeys off heat
(Approx. 5 to 6 weeks old) |
£21.10
|
£20.85
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£20.60
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£20.30
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An order of day olds usually includes one or two extras.
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Looking Ahead: Working with the Soil Association, we are planning to establish a network of producers who would be interested in breeding Norfolk Black turkeys as part of a coordinated breeding programme. If this sounds interesting, please do get in touch. Alternatively, if you are a turkey rearer and you are interested in swapping ideas and learning from other Norfolk Black turkey producers, please do also get in touch. This is part of a new journey for us and we would be pleased to discuss further. Thank you!
 To place an order for turkeys for 2026, to request a price list or just to talk about turkeys, please phone 01837 871238 or email rosie@wonnacottfarm.co.uk .
Please click here for terms and conditions regarding the sale of poults.
We look forward to hearing from you. |
