Before the mass-breeding programs of the early 20th century, turkeys took roughly 28 weeks to get to their full size, growing at an estimated rate of about 0.75 to 1 pound per week, according to one ...

ROLAND, Ark (Reuters) - P. Allen Smith can talk for hours about saving rare poultry. He also will be eating one of them for Thanksgiving. On his 650-acre Moss Mountain Farm outside Little Rock, Smith ...

As Thanksgiving nears, it is time to pay homage to the iconic bird. Not just tasty and delicious, turkeys are multifaceted critters with fascinating histories. Enjoy these ten facts about turkeys. As ...

SIERRA VISTA — After 25 years of hard work and determination, the mountains of southern Arizona are teeming with turkeys once again. The Gould’s wild turkey has, since 1983, been the center of an ...

Known collectively as “heritage turkeys,” many of the ancient breeds almost went extinct in the late 1990s. But those colorful, playful and spritely bird breeds are on the rebound as a small group of ...

Frank Reese may be known to the world as a poultry farmer, but he’s truly a turkey evangelist. For four generations his family has been raising the centerpiece of Thanksgiving dinner in Kansas, ...

Gayle Thorpe of Thorpe Farms in East Aurora admits she grew quite fond of the special breed of turkey she raised this year. She received 54 Bourbon Red and Narragansett "heirloom" turkeys last May and ...

STURGIS, S.D. – During the COVID-19 pandemic, disruptions in the food production supply chain and workforce sometimes led to empty grocery shelves, pushing some consumers to turn to locally grown ...