“Heritage breed turkeys forage and love to jump and fly up to fence railings, trees, even on a tractor if you leave it in the pasture awhile. ” went into growing it. One year be raised without drastic initial started with no equipment at all, we raised 15 additional turkeys for friends and family, and other people began inquiring about them. The next year we raised 30 turkeys for sale, and each year added a few more. This season we’re producing just short of 4,000 pasture raised turkeys! Turkeys don’t take up the amount of space on pasture that hoovestock do, allowing them to 168
investments. Because they are hatched in the spring and summer months and are processed in the fall through the holidays, they don’t require the expensive infrastructure for overwintering. We’ve always processed our own birds, initially falling under an exemption for custom processing for the customer, and now are a state licensed facility. But we
just a knowledge of the animal’s anatomy and respect for its life. Our farm has grown from six to 360 acres, adding cattle and sheep in recent years. The slow and steady growth of our turkey business has made all of this possible. One regret we have in the way things happen at Thanksgiving is that we don’t get to see many of CT FOOD & FARM / FALL 2018
