Updated 11/18/2020:
Turkey Reservations are now closed! Thanks everybody! We will have a small amount of whole, fresh turkeys in varying sizes available at the St. Stephen's Market this Saturday the 21st on a first-come, first-served basis.
Pickup Information, Locations and Times:
All reservations have a specific, scheduled pickup location and window (see below). If you're not able to make that time, please get in touch with us ASAP to schedule something else.
Please bring a strong, reuseable bag! We have plastic grocery sacks that we can double up, but a reusable bag is a much better option for a heavy turkey.
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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.
Turkey Reservations are now closed! Thanks everybody! We will have a small amount of whole, fresh turkeys in varying sizes available at the St. Stephen's Market this Saturday the 21st on a first-come, first-served basis.
Pickup Information, Locations and Times:
All reservations have a specific, scheduled pickup location and window (see below). If you're not able to make that time, please get in touch with us ASAP to schedule something else.
Please bring a strong, reuseable bag! We have plastic grocery sacks that we can double up, but a reusable bag is a much better option for a heavy turkey.
- St. Stephen's Pickups: Sat. 11/21 during regular market hours (9am-noon) FYI - Our market booth MAY be moved to a corner space to accommodate for our increased traffic that day. Address is: 6000 Grove Ave, Richmond, VA 23226
- Manakin Market Pickups : Sat. 11/21 from 2:30 - 4pm. We will be pulled up in the regular Manakin Market parking area. Address is: 68 Broadstreet Rd, Manakin-Sabot, VA 23103
- On-Farm Pickups : Monday 11/23 from 10am - 7pm at our farm. ShireFolk Farm is searchable in Google Maps. We will have a drive-through setup to bring the turkey to your car. Please have a bag or cooler ready and call 503 577 7618 if no one is visible outside when you pull up. Address is: 10099 West River Rd. in Palmyra, VA.
- Charlottesville Pickups: Monday 11/23 from 5 - 7pm at the Hilton Garden Inn at the East end of Pantops. Pull into the back of the front parking lot. This is the main parking lot across from the lobby entrance. We'll be at the very back with a truck and trailer. Address is 1793 Richmond Rd, Charlottesville, VA 22911
- Birdhouse Farmers Market Pickups: Tuesday 11/24 during regular market hours (3:30 - 6pm) at our regular market booth. Address is: 1507 Grayland Ave, Richmond, VA 23220
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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.