Rutland Organic Breeding Turkeys

Rutland Organic Breeding Turkeys

We are the largest Soil Association accredited breeder of fully organic traditional turkeys. (Licence number G5618)

2012 Season

Prices of turkey day olds and 6 week old poults. See PRICES

Turkey Breeding Stock (Trios/pairs) 2012

We will not have breeding trios available until May/June 2012.

If you are interested please contact us, we may be able to deliver (depending where you are).

 

Breeds of Turkey

Norfolk Black turkey

Slate Blue turkey

We have added Buff, Lavender Blue and Pied Crollwitzer breeding turkeys to our collection to satisfy demand from turkey enthusiasts.

Buff turkey

Cambridge Bronze turkey

Christmas Turkey weights

Over the past seven years, our Christmas turkeys oven ready weight has averaged 13 to 14lbs (6kg). We supply our Christmas customers from a mixture of the above breeds (roughly 50:50 black:bronze with a small number of the other breeds).This gives us a good weight range. As our birds are 100% naturally bred, only around 10% of bronze stags may exceed 20lbs oven ready weight.

Turkey oven ready weight range is:-

Black/Red/Blue hens	8-11lbs
Bronze hens	10-14lbs
Black/Blue/Red stags	15-19lbs
Bronze stags	17-20+lbs

Traditional Turkey conformation and taste

Whilst traditional breeds do not have the "double-breasted" conformation of modern commercial birds, they do produce meat with superior texture and flavour, particularly when hung. Once a customer has tasted a traditional bird they will be very reluctant to return to a commercial bronze.

Turkey rearing FAQs

Please see FAQ page for answers to such questions as "How long does a turkey take to rear for Christmas?" and "When should I buy turkey eggs to hatch for Christmas?".

Availability of Turkey chicks and poults

Turkey chicks and poults will be available in 2012.

We will be hatching around 500 turkey chicks every week during May and June, although it is possible to hatch up to 750 at a time to order. The turkey chicks can be supplied as day olds or when off-heat at six weeks old. We do not sex our birds. Delivery can be arranged and cost depends on distance, size of order and whether we can deliver other orders in your area at the same time.

If you are in Wales, you could contact our Welsh Agent to order your turkey chicks/poults. Tel 01974 241543.

Turkey Hatching Eggs for sale 2012

We will not have eggs for sale until April 2012.

Hatching eggs surplus to our requirements will be available on Ebay this year at a set price (buy it now). All payments must be made via Paypal. You do not need a Paypal account to pay through Paypal, just a credit/debit card.

Our ebay seller id is: cuckoofarm-2008
Please Note: European buyers are requested to contact us for shipping prices prior to purchase. We do NOT supply eggs to countries outside the EU.

Alternatively you can call us on 01780 722009 to buy eggs with your credit/debitcard over the phone.

• Eggs can be collected or we will post first class signed for or guaranteed next day delivery (you choose) (UK orders) in special polystyrene boxes. 

• We will always send you our freshest eggs which are less than a week old. 

• There is no guarantee on fertility but we set eggs ourselves every week from all the breeds. 

• We endeavour to give you the breed you require but occasionally an egg may be incorrectly marked at collection time.  5% of the slate blue and lavender eggs hatched as black chicks last year. 

• Should we have a problem with hatching any breed then we will replace or refund.

•  Last year our hatchability averaged 85%.

We are genuine breeders and treat our birds and eggs with care, but after eggs leave our farm we cannot be held responsible for them.

Turkey chick rearing guide

We offer a guide to rearing turkeys from day olds based on our experiences - available free on request to producers purchasing our day-old turkey chicks.

Our turkey rearing guide detailing simple guidelines for rearing turkeys is available to anyone at a cost of £5 inc postage. Please call us to order 01780 722009.

If you have not reared turkeys before, (they are the sheep equivalent of the poultry world - bent on suicide) our guide gives you advice on housing, bedding and management of turkey chicks during the first few weeks of life. Follow a few basic rules and your turkeys will thrive, get it wrong and the results could be devastating.

Marketing Guidance

We can also provide guidance on marketing your birds and final weight/customer allocation.

The Bourbon Red and Slate Blue birds are particularly attractive and as well as producing excellent quality meat, can be a useful advertising and marketing aid for those who have birds on view to the public.

Turkey feedback

One producer took 200 of our birds to try out and several hundred non-organic commercial bronze birds. Their feedback was very interesting.

• Our birds ranged and grazed more and consumed less feed.
• At a blind taste testing of the two types of bird, our bird received 100% of the votes for flavour and palatability.

Turkey chick/poult prices 2012

Day-old chicks, Norfolk Black, Bronze, Bourbon Red and Slate Blue £6.45 each for 250 +.

• Orders up to 250 turkey day old chicks £6.79
• 2 extra chicks per 100 day-old chicks ordered are provided free of charge.
• Orders less than 50 add 50p per poult
• Orders less than 25 add £1.00 per poult.
• Minimum order 10 chicks.

Six week old off-heat turkey poults, Norfolk Black, Bronze, Bourbon Red and Slate Blue are £12.50 each for orders over 250

• Orders for 50 up to 250 poults add 50p/poult.
• Orders for 20 to 49 poults add £1.00 per poult.
• Orders for 10 to 19 poults add £1.50 per poult.
• Orders for 5 to 9 poults add £2.50 per poult.
• Minimum order 5 poults

Conditions of sale

If a customer is unable to take delivery of an order on the date agreed at the time of ordering, the price will increase by £1.00 per poult per week.

If we are unable to deliver the six week old poults on time there is no increase in price.

Payments and Deposits can be made by Debit/Credit card, as we have a mobile GPRS card machine.

Day-old chicks

We require a deposit of 10% of the invoice value or £25.00 whichever is the larger.

The remainder to be paid on delivery.

Off-heat poults

For new customers, we require a deposit of 10% of the invoice value for the six week old poults at the time of ordering, followed by 40% when the chicks hatch.

The remainder is payable on delivery/collection.

If you would like more information or to make an order please contact us by email or call 01780 722009 to discuss.

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