Turkeys
It all started in 2003, when Windrush Farm had 4 dozen hatching eggs shipped by mail from Bill Braden’s prize winning flock at Bonny Boyne Farm in Allerston, Ontario. We sold the Black, Bronze and Bourbon Red poults and kept the Blue Slates. Until the fall of 2022 we still had the descendents of these 2 Blue Slate toms, and of the only female that hatched from eggs from an unrelated BC flock.
We no longer have the turkeys, but they live on with many of our customers throughout Westerrn Canada. We keep in touch with new breeders and would welcome enquiries about where to obtain breeding stock..
Like most heritage turkeys, Blue Slates take 6-8 months to reach market weight, which is twice as long as commercial birds. The meat is firmer in texture and very different in flavour. Older customers say that this is what turkeys used to taste like when they were kids, and they are correct: birds like these were the commercial birds until the 1940s.
We no longer have the turkeys, but they live on with many of our customers throughout Westerrn Canada. We keep in touch with new breeders and would welcome enquiries about where to obtain breeding stock..
Like most heritage turkeys, Blue Slates take 6-8 months to reach market weight, which is twice as long as commercial birds. The meat is firmer in texture and very different in flavour. Older customers say that this is what turkeys used to taste like when they were kids, and they are correct: birds like these were the commercial birds until the 1940s.
