Homegrown TURKEYS are Terrific

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October/November 2001
 
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The first organizations specialize in providing heritage turkey breeds:

SAND HILL
PRESERVATION
CENTER
1878 230th St.
Calamus, IA 52729
(563) 246-2299
Catalog: $2

RENAISSANCE
POULTRY
AND EXOTIC FOWL
Box 7, Site 6, RR 2
Ponoka, Alberta,
Canada
T4J, 1 R2
(403) 783-6632

GOOD SHEPHERD RANCH
730 Smoky Valley Road Lindsborg, KS 67456 (785) 227-3972 No catalog, call for availability

The three following companies are larger scale mail-order hatcheries that offer both standard and heritage turkey breeds for sale:

MURRAY MCMURRAY HATCHERY
Box 458 Webster City, IA 50595 (800) 456-3280
Catalog: $2
www.mcmurray
hatchery.com

STROMBERG'S CHICKS & GAMEBIRDS UNLIMITED
P.O. Box 400 Pine River, MN 56474
(218) 587-2222
www.strombergs
chickens.com

HOFFMAN HATCHERY INC.
P.O. Box 129 Gratz, PA 17030 (717) 365-3694 www.hoffmanhatchery. com

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Birds ofa Feather: Saving Rare Turkeys from Extinction by Carolyn J. Christman and Robert O. Hawes is available from: American Livestock Breeds Conservancy
P.O. Box 477 Pittsboro, NC 27312
(919) 542-5704
albc-usa.org

Heritage turkey prints are available from: WATT POULTRY PRESS 122 S. Wesley Ave. Mt. Morris, IL 61054
(815) 734-5675

For information about the health benefits of al-lnatural, grass-fed poultry, go to www.feathersite. com for all kinds of poultry related info.

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