Free-Ranged Heritage Turkey $7.50 per pound
Raised Free & Humanely without antibiotics or pesticides and augmented with non-GMO & Soy-free grains, these Narragansett turkeys are raised by mama turkeys free on pasture for 8 months to ensure you a tender bird for your Thanksgiving table.
With darker meat and deeper flavor, these heritage birds offer a distinctive and rustic eating experience. The dressed weights are 10lbs and 18lbs.
With darker meat and deeper flavor, our heritage turkeys offer a distinctive and rustic eating experience. The Naragansett turkey is from the oldest continuous stock of heritage turkeys, brought to America by colonists in the 1600's and were the market turkey of choice until nearly 1900. Unlike their modern cousins, they grow at a slower pace and they are not as large as the modern traditional table-bird but what they lack in size they make up for by yielding a naturally firm and moist meat with an full authentic turkey flavor... the entire turkey is dark meat, even the breast is darker. A true American heritage centerpiece on your holiday table.
Bon Apetit did an excellent blind taste test of heritage turkey vs conventional: http://www.bonappetit.com/test-kitchen/cooking-tips/article/does-heritage-turkey-taste-better-than-conventional-in-a-blind-taste-test
Narragansett turkeys have a calm disposition, are good mothers, have excellent egg production, and excellent meat quality. The Narragansett turkey would make a useful and beautiful addition to the family farm. We focus on careful selection for good health, ability to mate naturally, and production attributes for superior birds.
The Narragansett turkey is named for Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island, where the variety was developed and descends from turkeys brought to America by English colonists in the 1600’s. Improved and standardized for production qualities, the Narragansett became the foundation of the turkey industry in New England until the Broad Breasted White was introduced and became what is now known as the "Butterball".
All birds sold for pick-up here on the farm. All birds are large fowl and, except for meat birds, the minimum order is 3 ducklings/chicks or 2 goslings. If you want to mix and match your 3 duckling minimum just let me know that in the note section of the reservation page. Subscribe to our monthly newsletter to be notified of our monthly availability.
How the reservation form works: Unless otherwise indicated, what's available below can be picked up this month. Your free online "registration" is your reservation on the waiting list. The center column shows the number of reservations (ie: individual ducklings or chicks) remaining for the current month. The drop down selector is showing the maximum of each breed I can guarantee to hatch (based on average number of eggs set each week).
Order form updated monthly. Prices subject to change. Availability subject to Mother Nature.
**Availability updates in the first week of each month via our newsletter**
Availability for 2022:
If the order form below doesn't display properly please follow this link:
http://bit.ly/Hatch2022
How the reservation form works: Unless otherwise indicated, what's available below can be picked up this month. Your free online "registration" is your reservation on the waiting list. The center column shows the number of reservations (ie: individual ducklings or chicks) remaining for the current month. The drop down selector is showing the maximum of each breed I can guarantee to hatch (based on average number of eggs set each week).
Order form updated monthly. Prices subject to change. Availability subject to Mother Nature.
**Availability updates in the first week of each month via our newsletter**
Availability for 2022:
If the order form below doesn't display properly please follow this link:
http://bit.ly/Hatch2022
We use a month-to-month reservation system. Babies can be reserved here following the announcement of availability via our monthly newsletter. Once reserved they can be picked up on the farm in Accokeek, MD the 3rd Sunday of each month April - September from 9am-2pm.
Subscribe to our monthly newsletter to be notified of our monthly availability .
Subscribe to our monthly newsletter to be notified of our monthly availability .
Christmas/Chanukkah Harvest: Dec 18
Reserve your fresh birds below. Payment is due at time of pick-up based on the final dressed weight of the birds (see the details below for average weights). You may come by to pick up your birds on Sunday, December 18th from 11am - 4:30pm or Monday between 5pm -8pm. Please do not reserve birds you don't intend to pick up otherwise some families may miss out.
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Muscovy Trio $50
Date of Hatch: 12/2013 (Drake 10/2012)
Point of Lay: 5/2013
Point of Lay: 5/2013
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'Spot' Ancona girl
This is Spot. I adopted this Ancona girl last summer with Houdini Duck when she was about 3 months old. She's a very quiet duck, a bit shy, but still on the sweet side. She also throws just the most beautiful babies! Of all the duck eggs I set in the incubator this year, she and my Welsh Harlequin girl had the best hatch rate (85%!) when bred with Duck Dogers, my WH drake.
She has the cutest black and orange feet! Her eggs are white with a nice large oval shape, hard to tell from my Runners, Campbells and Harlequin.
The Ancona averages 6 to 6.5 pounds and is a bit stockier than its close relative, the Magpie duck. It's a hardy, adaptable, all-purpose duck and an excellent layer of about 210-280 white, cream, or blue eggs yearly. These ducks are well suited for situations where they can forage for some of their food and are capable of eating large "banana" slugs.
"They make excellent pond or yard ducks since they tend to stay close to home, do not fly under normal conditions and are large enough so that they are less likely to be preyed upon by winged predators. Typically they have moderately calm temperaments and make fine pets." (Holderread 2001, 52)
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