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 ...

Pre-Thanksgiving look at all things turkey, wild and domestic . Published: Nov. 08, 2019, 5:00 a.m. A flock of wild turkeys works its way through a field. By . Marcus Schneck | mschneck@pennlive.com; ...

Learn the most common heritage turkey breeds and the pros and cons of each one to help you choose what breed of turkey to raise on a small farm.

It took a quarter of a century, but the wild turkey population has rebounded almost to its original size of 10 million. 11 Surprising Facts About Chimpanzees 11 Surprising Facts About Salamanders ...

What you get is moist turkey meat with a mild, crowd-pleasing flavor for an affordable price point of just $1 to $2 per pound. Both standard and heritage turkeys make great holiday dinners -- it's ...

Just 20 years ago, some heritage turkey breeds were nearly extinct. For instance, in 1997 there were fewer than 10 Narragansett breeding birds left. Today, there are more than 2,000, according to ...

What an SCBI scientist and collaborators found was that the domestic turkey that ends up on the dinner table exhibits less genetic variation than not only its ancestral wild counterparts, which were ...

Now it’s GPS, though turkey dogs respond to whistles and commands if within earshot. Pete Lamar at the end of a hunt in Wisconsin in 2022 with wild turkeys and turkey dogs. Provided ...

If hunting a wild turkey isn’t in the cards, buying a heritage turkey will be your next best option, as it’s been illegal to buy wild turkey meat in the United States since the North American ...

The first time a hunter told me that wild turkeys fly low to the ground and as fast as a rocket, I thought he’d spent more time in the beer trailer than the brush. It also sounded like an alibi ...

Notable heritage breeds don't make it to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., thanks to the industrial turkey farming lobby's lock on the annual event. When I was very young I lived in a big house in a small ...

Approximately 300,000 eastern wild turkeys wander across Tennessee. They are the most abundant turkey species overall, with populations across 38 states and into Canada.