The plump, big-breasted turkeys that will appear on millions of American kitchen tables this Thanksgiving are far different than the smaller, much rarer turkey breeds that once made up the majority of ...

Heritage breed turkeys are making a comeback. These birds taste more like the turkeys that Native Americans and settlers ate in the 17th century, compared to today's Butterball turkeys. Just 20 years ...

A few weeks ago, I found myself talking to turkeys. Not talking turkey, mind you. I was talking to some stunning Bourbon Reds with blue snoods, Black Spanish beauties, flashy black-and-white ...

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 ...

The plump, big-breasted turkeys that will appear on millions of American kitchen tables this Thanksgiving are far different than the smaller, much rarer turkey breeds that once made up the majority of ...

New Yorkers are a rare breed. This year, they’re demanding their turkeys be one, too. The Wall Street Journal reports that at specialty markets and butcher shops around the city, Big Apple denizens ...

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 ...

Grandma’s Thanksgiving turkey probably doesn’t look — or taste — anything like it did when she was a child. The way the average American family's gastronomic centerpiece gets to the table these days ...

The plump, big-breasted turkeys that appeared on millions of American kitchen tables on Thanksgiving are far different than the smaller, much rarer turkey breeds that once made up the majority of 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 ...