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 ...

At one point Nicholas Turkey Breeding Farms provided 60% of the breeding behind the world’s turkeys. In the early years, turkeys were a golden bronze with large feathers that studded the meat. But in ...

Earlier this week, we kicked off our 2025 Strut Reporters coverage by breaking down the five key phases of the turkey breeding season and asking our experts—15 of them from all around the country—to ...

The future of American turkey breeding arrived in August and November of this year, when huge new hatcheries opened in Terre Haute, Indiana and Beresford, South Dakota. The facilities represent the ...

Now known 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 niche ...

LA CROSSE (WKBT) -- John Clark has been turkey hunting for 30 years. He says this spring turkey season is going to look and feel a little different. "It's not uncommon to have some snow on the ground ...

To the average person, the turkey genome may seem to be a lot of "gobbledygook." But a just-published study in the journal, Genome, will help to ensure that the turkey that we "gobble down" at our ...

With May now underway, even Northeastern hunters are done waiting for the spring gobbler season to start (or very nearly done waiting in one case. We see you Pennsylvania). Meanwhile, most hunters in ...

A tom Chocolate turkey, one of the last of his breed, puffs up his feathers in the yard of Jim Czack's farm. A farmer in Loudon is calling it quits on a years-long project – to breed a rare type of ...

Male turkey's wattles turn bright red creating a vibrant display with their blue faces to display their dominance and attract females during mating season. Early on in my chicken-rearing days we also ...

Birds are an inescapable presence at Élevage de Volailles, the farm in Loudon, New Hampshire, that Jim Czack owns and operates with his partner Annette. There are Pekin ducks, Cornish chickens and a ...