Updated 9/11/2020:         
 2020 Turkey Orders Just Opened!
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2020 Turkey Info
ShireFolk Farm Thanksgiving Turkeys are back!  We are now taking deposits for your very own pasture-raised, non-GMO, fresh, delicious Thanksgiving centerpiece.  

Here's how they're raised:
We get our birds as day-old "poults" and keep them safe and comfortable in a heated brooder (we converted a shipping container for just this purpose) until they are fully-feathered and ready to go out into the elements.  They are fed a non-GMO feed that is milled locally at Sunrise Farms in Stuarts Draft, Virginia.  Once they are ready to go out onto pasture, they are able to roam freely in our pastures, kept safe in electrified fencing that is rotated frequently (weekly at first, and more frequently as they grow larger).

We buy broad-breasted white turkeys from a regional hatchery.  This breed is the commercial standard, and so our end product will look and taste familiar to you.  If you are familiar with commercial poultry production, you may wonder if they are similar to the Cornish Cross meat bird that is the commercial standard for chicken.  We have found them to be much smarter, healthier, and more independent than the Cornish Cross (which we do not raise for ethical and environmental reasons), and  in our systems they've been hearty and resilient, excellent at foraging on our pastures.  Our birds will have more muscle tone than a commercial turkey for sure, and will be more flavorful and nutritious.  You can buy them with confidence that they've lived a happy, healthy life in the grass and sunshine, doing all the things that turkeys love to do.

Curious to see our turkeys grow?  Follow us on Instagram to see how the turkeys look.   You can also visit us at one of our markets to talk more about these special birds.